Posts Tagged ‘ NBC ’

Roundtable on The Carmichael Show

September 21, 2015
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Roundtable on <i>The Carmichael Show</i>

A roundtable discussion on The Carmichael Show by Phillip Cunningham, Alfred Martin, and Khadijah Costley White.
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Branding Hannibal: When Quality TV Viewers and Social Media Fans Converge

Branding <i>Hannibal</i>: When Quality TV Viewers and Social Media Fans Converge

In the first installment of a three-part series on NBC's Hannibal, Allison McCracken and Brian Faucette discuss the show's and network's branding efforts in relation to their appeals to "feminized" audiences.
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In Memoriam: Peg Lynch and Her Records of Broadcast History

August 3, 2015
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In Memoriam: Peg Lynch and Her Records of Broadcast History

Peg Lynch, creator and star of Ethel and Albert, recently passed away at the age of 98. Her contributions to radio and early television may not be well known, but materially this forgotten show exists.
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Honoring Hilmes: Strange Report

May 14, 2015
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Honoring Hilmes: <em>Strange Report</em>

Through a case study of the British ITV series "Strange Report" (1969-70), Jonathan Bignell exhibits how Michele Hilmes' example has taught him that when we look closely at the detail of history, there are always more complex and more interesting things to discover.
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Honoring Hilmes: Across the Borders

May 8, 2015
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Honoring Hilmes: Across the Borders

Continuing our "Honoring Hilmes" series, Jason Jacobs describes his use of Michele Hilmes’ work in his career, demonstrating her unique capacity to work across national borders both in her thinking and interpersonally.
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Why NBC’s The Wiz Makes Sense Even As It Doesn’t Make Sense

April 10, 2015
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Why NBC’s <em>The Wiz</em> Makes Sense Even As It Doesn’t Make Sense

Alfred Martin asks why NBC turned to The Wiz over The Music Man as its next televised musical in this particular historical moment?
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The Conflicted Populism of Parks and Recreation

March 5, 2015
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The Conflicted Populism of <i>Parks and Recreation</i>

Though widely praised for its political optimism and progressiveness, NBC's Parks and Recreation also expresses a more complex and pessimistic view about the American voting public.​
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The More You Know About Cross-Promotion

February 4, 2015
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The More You Know About Cross-Promotion

Was Katy Perry's Super Bowl ride on a star resembling one made famous by a series of 1990s PSAs an example of cross-promotion? We don't know and NBC doesn't care--but the incident tells us something important about the logics of contemporary media industries.
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Fall Premieres 2014: NBC

September 19, 2014
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Fall Premieres 2014: NBC

Antenna contributors review NBC's Fall lineup.
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Antenna’s Pilot Season is Here

September 19, 2014
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Antenna’s Pilot Season is Here

The hub for Antenna fall pilot season reviews.
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There Are Worse Things Fox Could Do: Grease Live and TV’s Sad Affair with the Live Musical

May 29, 2014
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There Are Worse Things Fox Could Do: Grease Live and TV’s Sad Affair with the Live Musical

In the era of multiple platform viewing and increased time-shifting, television turns to the musical. But Fox's selection of Grease seems to ignore a string of warning signs.
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Mediating the Past: JFK and the Docudrama

November 22, 2013
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Mediating the Past: JFK and the Docudrama

On the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination, this post considers how fictional depictions of Kennedy represent history and engage cultural memory.
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Report from New York Television Festival’s Digital Day 2013

November 18, 2013
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Report from New York Television Festival’s Digital Day 2013

Melanie Kohnen reports to Antenna from her recent experience at Digital Day at the New York Television Festival, and discusses how the NYTF is shifting the focus of Digital Day away from second screen apps offering program-related content towards TV network-preferred Twitter.
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The Cosmopolitan City and the Carnivalesque in Arcade Fire’s Reflektor Campaign

November 1, 2013
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The Cosmopolitan City and the Carnivalesque in Arcade Fire’s <i>Reflektor</i> Campaign

The promotional campaign for Arcade Fire's Reflektor reflects an increasingly mobile and interconnected experience of popular culture, as well as the persistent significance of local sites of production in popular music-making and promotion.
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