We just worked through Gillan’s “Must Click TV” in class last night (a book largely about time), and as with that book (and your comment here), we should probably entertain the *rituals* of narrative consumption more. Sure, there are bingers, and sure, we can focus on viewer control. But the habitus of consumption probably deserves greater foregrounding in discussing why we still love the serial form, and maybe why many people are willing participants in bottleneck control.
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