Archive for January, 2011

BET’s Got Game

January 11, 2011
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BET’s Got <em>Game</em>

Tonight, The Game, a sitcom originally produced for and aired on The CW, premieres its fourth season on its new home, BET. The story behind that move leaves me wondering about the future of "diversity" (whatever that might mean) on broadcast television.
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Brit-Lit Fantasies and Their Fans

January 8, 2011
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Brit-Lit Fantasies and Their Fans

PBS premieres new period-piece Downton Abbey on Sunday, reminding us that Brit-lit mini-series, which construct variegated representations of mainly white, heterosexual, aristocratic, life, continue to be hugely popular.
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Boardwalk Empire’s Aged Media Conundrum

January 6, 2011
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Boardwalk Empire’s Aged Media Conundrum

Among the many threads entwined in this production are its virtually fetishistic engagement with and display of early 20th century material culture, including forms of media.
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Defining Television Studies

January 4, 2011
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Defining Television Studies

How to define television studies? What is television studies and what isn't?
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Antenna’s First Calendar Year

January 1, 2011
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Antenna’s First Calendar Year

2010 was Antenna's first calendar year in existence. We offer some stats and thanks
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