Category: Sitcom
IN DEFENCE OF CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP: THE PROBLEMATIC...
Posted by CSTonline | Oct 27, 2017 | Blogs, Game Shows, Sitcom, Transnational TV, UK TV | 0
IN DEFENCE OF CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP: THE PROBLEMATIC NATURE OF WORKING CLASS NOSTALGIA by Ross Garner
Oct 27, 2017 | Blogs, Game Shows, Sitcom, Transnational TV, UK TV | 0
N.B. Before reading this blog it is worth stating that my cultish sensibilities frequently draw me...
Read MoreWHERE HAVE ALL THE WRINKLES GONE? by Jamila Baluch
Contemporary media culture seems to suggest that it is unacceptable for a woman to look her age if...
Read MoreWHAT ACTORS DO: ALEC BALDWIN IN 30 ROCK (PART II) by Gary Cassidy and Simone Knox
Having previously considered the ways in which Alec Baldwin has his character Jack Donaghy run...
Read MoreTHE NAUGHTY, THE BLASPHEMOUS, AND AMERICAN TELEVISION by David Lavery
(First Published on 14 December 2012) Back in January America was all abuzz with the...
Read MoreABSOLUTELY FABULOUS? POPULAR TV AND ITS TRANSITION TO THE BIG SCREEN by Kenneth Longden
The hit television comedy Absolutely Fabulous is set to hit the big screen as a movie (July 1st 2016), and as such it is worth considering the hype, the paratexts, and the anticipation that surrounds this venture. First the...
Read MoreI LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER by James McLean
Apr 28, 2016 | Blogs, Comedy, Funded Projects, Sitcom | 0
It is quite a joy to discover one of your personal fetishes on the internet. Indeed, I was beginning to feel that I was the only one with a dark, long-term fascination in sitcom studio floorplans, but in recent years there have...
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