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Campaign Contributions: “Mainstreaming” the Emmy Race

July 13, 2012
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Campaign Contributions: “Mainstreaming” the Emmy Race

While usually confined to niche websites, the Emmy nomination race broke into mainstream outlets as digital pages are turned over to Emmy contenders in exchange for potential advertising revenue.
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Upfronts 2012: “Save our Show (On the Industry’s Margins)”

May 16, 2012
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Upfronts 2012: “Save our Show (On the Industry’s Margins)”

With no prominent "Save our Show" campaign following this year's cancellations, we should turn our attention to why we’re not talking about a big cancellation in a year where a number of highly-rated shows got canceled.
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Stranded on the TV Battleground: Hulu’s Invisible Original

May 7, 2012
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Stranded on the TV <i>Battleground</i>: Hulu’s Invisible Original

Despite generic familiarity and a solid first season, Hulu's Battleground has struggled to draw the attention of critics and viewers alike as the site's first original fictional series.
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Imported by Justin Bieber: Carly Rae Jepsen and Transnational Stardom

April 5, 2012
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Imported by Justin Bieber: Carly Rae Jepsen and Transnational Stardom

Carly Rae Jepsen's Justin Bieber-supported breakthrough offers a case study for how difficult it is for stardom to remain transnational when moving into the U.S. market.
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Posted in Celebrity/Stardom, Global, Music | 4 Comments »

Specter of Legitimation: The Fading of NBC’s Thursday Legacy

January 14, 2012
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Specter of Legitimation: The Fading of NBC’s Thursday Legacy

While the actual “Must See TV” branding is all but gone, there remains a specter of legitimation surrounding the evening…at least in the eyes of NBC schedulers.
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Promoting an Uncertain Future: Showrunners (on Hiatus) on Twitter IV

January 5, 2012
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Promoting an Uncertain Future: Showrunners (on Hiatus) on Twitter IV

With NBC's Community and ABC's Cougar Town on hiatus, their respective showrunners' Twitter accounts become key outlets for implicitly or explicitly encouraging fan involvement and/or activism.
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A Song of Ice and Trading Cards: Licensing HBO’s Game of Thrones

November 18, 2011
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A Song of Ice and Trading Cards: Licensing HBO’s <i>Game of Thrones</i>

The licensing process for the HBO series highlights the challenge of balancing a level of control over the quality of products related to the series with efforts to both monetize and expand its audience.
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The Rise and Fall of @Sutterink: Showrunners [Off] Twitter III

August 14, 2011
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The Rise and Fall of @Sutterink: Showrunners [Off] Twitter III

While it was perhaps inevitable that Sutter’s lack of a filter would result in his Twitter account becoming a liability, the rise and fall of “@sutterink” has more to do with public perceptions of Twitter than with his actual commentary.
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How the Categories Got Their Shapes: Eligibility & the Emmy Nominations

July 14, 2011
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How the Categories Got Their Shapes: Eligibility & the Emmy Nominations

While we are often quick to point out the flaws in the Emmy nomination process, lamenting the absence of our favorite programs, often the nominations are guided as much by eligibility as by voter subjectivities.
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The Rhythm of a City Out of Sync: The Disrupted Spaces of Treme

May 11, 2011
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The Rhythm of a City Out of Sync: The Disrupted Spaces of <i>Treme</i>

While season one seemed to chart the resiliency of New Orleans as a place, defined by its people and its culture, season two is digging into localized spaces and demonstrating their continued vulnerability in the wake of the storm.
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Spaces of Speculation: How We Learned Osama Bin Laden Was Dead

May 2, 2011
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Spaces of Speculation: How We Learned Osama Bin Laden Was Dead

As one of the first events of this magnitude that has taken place squarely within the Twitter era, Osama Bin Laden's death reveals the challenge facing traditional media outlets when Twitter runs rampant with speculation (and real reporting).
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Posted in Internet, Internet, Politics, Politics, TV, TV | 5 Comments »

Report from SCMS: Saturday, Sunday, and Beyond

March 16, 2011
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Report from SCMS: Saturday, Sunday, and Beyond

While there have been a number of diverse responses to this year’s SCMS, a substantial portion of the discussion boils down to this central question: why do we attend academic conferences?
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Through the Lens: The Wisconsin Protests in Photos

February 21, 2011
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Through the Lens: The Wisconsin Protests in Photos

As we enter the second week of protests, it seems a good time to look back and gain some perspective on the people, places and moments which have placed Wisconsin in the national and international spotlight.
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The State of Reality TV: When in the World is Project Runway?

February 5, 2011
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The State of Reality TV: When in the World is <i>Project Runway</i>?

While the basic format of Project Runway has made its way to other countries, its scheduling model has been lost in translation.
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The Gilded Globes: Legitimacy Amidst Controversy

January 17, 2011
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The Gilded Globes: Legitimacy Amidst Controversy

While some may have found Ricky Gervais' pointed remarks as host of this year's Golden Globes tough to swallow, it's hard to argue with his attack on the awards' legitimacy in light of recent controversy.
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