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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Archive for January, 2011
BET’s Got Game
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
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
How to define television studies? What is television studies and what isn't?
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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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