Category: US TV
FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS: PART 3, ‘DON’T GO INTO THE BASEMENT’ by Kim Akass
My last blog for CSTonline (a response to Toby Miller’s first blog of this academic year) talked...
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NOSTALGIA FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD by Andrew J. Salvati
“Well, we all need a little love in our lives.” So replied the actor-musician François Clemmons,...
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SUBVERSION OF NOSTALGIA AS A STRATEGY OF ENGAGEMENT IN ALTERNATE HISTORY TV: 11.22.63 AND THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE by Tobias Steiner
Beginning with the popularization and mass availability of television in the 1950s, the medium has...
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R.I.P. DAVID CASSIDY (12.4.50 – 21.11.17) by Kim Akass
I woke up this morning to multiple messages from friends saying how sorry they were that David...
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REGISTRATION CLOSING – Game of Thrones: An International Conference University of Hertfordshire, De Havilland Campus, 6-7 September 2017
Co-organised by the Media Research Group of the Schools of Creative Arts and Humanities...
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LESS CULT, MORE QUALITY?: AUDIENCE READINGS OF PRE-TEXTS FOR MARVEL’S INHUMANS AND ‘QUALITY-MAINSTREAM-CULT’ TV DRAMA by Ross Garner
The past weekend saw the annual San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) take place, an event which, as Lincoln...
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TEENAGE BOYS’ ‘INTRUSION’ AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN 13 REASONS WHY (NETFLIX, 2017) by Susan Berridge
** This blog contains spoilers ** Firstly, apologies – this blog contains spoilers. But seeing as...
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BACK IN THE USA, LOOKING FOR THE OXYGEN OF WOMEN’S TV by Toby Miller
I’ve spent the last five months back in the US, thanks to a generous fellowship in Latin American...
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REPRESENTING TRUMP by Martha P. Nochimson
The recent furor about Oskar Eustis’ open air production of Shakespeare’s Julius...
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CfP: The CW Network. Deadline: Aug 1, 2017
The CW network offers a compelling coming of age story reflective of its changing demographic. In...
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CfP: “National Cultures of Television Comedy Symposium”, Notre Dame London Global Gateway, 16-17 November 2017 (deadline: Aug 01, 2017)
English-language television comedy is circulating transnationally more than ever before, as...
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VIEWER REVERTIGO by Jamila Baluch
Reruns of television series have long been an integral part of the television market. Even though...
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