MTV's Third Wave MTV media industries Attracting the Youth Demo Curator's Note MTV has been a cultural touchstone for over thirty years. The youth oriented, cable network initially heralded itself as “the world’s first twenty four hour, stereo, ...
Quality TV's Appropriation of Fan Culture quality TV fandom Breaking Bad branding AMC Curator's Note Hall H, any self-respecting geek knows what this term means. Even those of us who have not had the good fortune of making the pilgrimage to the ...
Melanie- the HBO series Tru Blood is weaving a blood born pathogen arc into the final episodes of the series. This is unsurprising considering that vampirism has been an overt stand in for queerness in that specific story world. ...
Andy, thanks for adding this "real world" context to our discussion this week. I am particularly struck by how you've connected the similarity between horror film tropes and news coverage of the virus. ...
Great work, Melanie. I find the comments from writers Lipman and Cowman particularly intriguing, especially considering that they went on to develop the US version of Queer As Folk for Showtime. I wonder if the multiple HIV related storylines in the QAF s ...
Hi Pete, thanks for starting off our Breaking Bad week. I'm repeatedly amazed by the show's continuous "ah ha!" moments when we get to see just how all the little pieces of "the process" fit together. I binged watched the fir ...
I really like how you've explored "experimentation" here. I've heard Cranston speak about how the writers are purposefully bucking televisual norms by ignoring the long held tradition of "static" characters. Although I love t ...
Interesting food for thought! I am looking forward to seeing how Netflix and the writers/producers galvinize the existing fan base. AD already has a considerable presence on Tumblr that seems to be operating as a "cliff notes" for those who are ...
You have a number of compelling insights here. I agree that OUaT's dual universe offers a freh perspective of otherwise rather simple narratives. As you noted I do not think these "classic" characters and stories could hold the attention of ...
I agree Vincinius. Formats provide a site for cultural relations. I am repeatedly amazed by how a formats can at the same time seem so familiar and so "foreign." With user driven platforms such as youtube I have more access now to programming fr ...
Sharon, you raise some interesting questions here. Primarily, why Israeli TV? Why are US TV development excutives drawn to Israeli formats when they're looking for new programming? Where did this trend start? And is it scalable to other countries or ...
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Melanie- the HBO series Tru
Andy, thanks for adding this
Thanks for the insightful contribution
Great food for thought!
I really like how you’ve
Interesting food for thought!
Good Question. It does seem
You have a number of
I agree Vincinius. Formats
Sharon, you raise some
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