Posts Tagged ‘ television ’

All My Commodities: Valuing the Online Soap Opera

April 30, 2013
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All My Commodities: Valuing the Online Soap Opera

Prospect Park’s soap opera strategy tests traditional conceptions of televisual value within an evolving space of digital distribution.
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Call for Papers: TV and TV Studies in the 21st Century

April 24, 2013
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Call for Papers: TV and TV Studies in the 21st Century

A conference to bring together established and emerging scholars from around the globe to discuss the future of television and television studies.
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Young Faces, Fast Cars, and the Other NBCs

April 15, 2013
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Young Faces, Fast Cars, and the Other NBCs

Grandpa Peacock may be floundering, but the kids—MSNBC and NBC Sports Network—are holding their own.
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What Are You Missing? March 17-March 30

March 31, 2013
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What Are You Missing? March 17-March 30

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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WWE vs. Glenn Beck: Potshots to Publicity, Controversy to Cash

February 28, 2013
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WWE vs. Glenn Beck: Potshots to Publicity, Controversy to Cash

While the issue is ostensibly about the negative portrayal of the Tea Party, Glenn Beck and WWE have taken advantage of the situation for publicity.
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“You are my flawed hero”: Plotting Lived Fictions and Fictionalized Lives

February 6, 2013
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“You are my flawed hero”: Plotting Lived Fictions and Fictionalized Lives

The new series The Following literally spells out the very tropes it plan to use, letting its audience in on its postmodern joke where the plotting criminal is aware that he is creating a literary plot as well.
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The Advertisements of Super Bowl XLVII: On Dodge’s ‘Farmer’

February 4, 2013
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The Advertisements of Super Bowl XLVII: On Dodge’s ‘Farmer’

This wasn't such an interesting Super Bowl in terms of commercials, but one spot for the Ram truck line stood out to us. Was there an ad that seemed particularly notable to you?
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Golden Globes 2013: Going Home With Jodie Foster

January 14, 2013
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Golden Globes 2013: Going Home With Jodie Foster

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey's co-hosting of the 2013 Golden Globes was one in a number of prominent moments for women at this year's awards ceremony. Some might be tempted to claim that the event helped raise the banner for women. Not so fast.
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The Domestic Apolitics of 1600 Penn

January 11, 2013
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The Domestic Apolitics of <i>1600 Penn</i>

NBC's new First Family sitcom, 1600 Penn, is surprisingly devoid of conventional political engagement, instead relying on traditional domestic comedy in the form of interpersonal conflict.
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The Real Housewives of (“the New”) Miami—Revisited

January 7, 2013
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The Real Housewives of (“the New”) Miami—Revisited

A few months ago I examined the re-launched Real Housewives of Miami(RHOM) series, part of Bravo’s immensely popular Real Housewives franchise, in another Antenna post.  Now that the season has officially ended with the airing of the second part of the cast’s explosive reunion special, I would like to return to this text once...
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