When a showrunner chooses to remove themselves from Twitter, they are removing themselves from not only professional opportunity but also a space for self-expression.
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Tags: Damon Lindelof, Lost, Professional Identity, Prometheus, Showrunner, showrunners, social media, television, Twitter
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In this inaugural post in Antenna's new series The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who, Matt Hills discusses the show's regular anniversary celebrations and the phenomena of "multi-Doctor" stories.
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Tags: #savetheday, BBC, David Tennant, Destiny of the Doctor, Doctor Who, John Hurt, Matt Smith, multi-Doctor, Peter Capaldi, Prisoners of Time, public broadcasting, television, The Day of the Doctor, The Light at the End
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Despite a rough start to the season, Saturday Night Live continues to be a fascinating case study for understanding American television.
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Tags: Arcade Fire, comedy, demographics, Jon Stewart, liveness, Miley Cyrus, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyers, SNL, television, Tina Fey
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Antenna contributors review the new fall series from the peacock network.
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Tags: Dracula, Fall Premieres, Fall TV, Ironside, NBC, Sean Saves the World, television, The Blacklist, The Michael J. Fox, TV, Welcome to the Family
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Antenna contributors review the new fall series from America's former #1 network in Adults 18-49.
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Tags: 2013, Almost Human, Analysis, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fall Premieres, Fall TV, FOX, Reviews, Sleepy Hollow, television
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ESPN reacted to Heisman-winner Johnny Manziel's controversial return to college football with both praise and criticism. What message are they trying to send to viewers, and why is it important culturally as well as financially?
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Tags: celebrity, College Football, ESPN, football, Johnny Manziel, NCAA, sports, television
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The Editorial Board of The Velvet Light Trap has extended the deadline for its forthcoming "On Sound (New Directions in Sound Studies)" issue to September 1. In particular, VLT seeks sound-related research that addresses issues and topics in radio, television, video games, digital/new media, and other non-film media. Read on for the CFP.
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Tags: film, new media, radio, sound studies, television, Velvet Light Trap, video games
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In this short post I’d like to juxtapose an unlikely pair of films in order to push harder at the taken-for-granted mythologies of extreme weather: SharkNado and Beasts of the Southern Wild.
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Tags: Facebook, fandom, film, gender, independent film, industry, internet, race/ethnicity, social media, television, TV, Twitter
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Part two of an interview with TV critic Alan Sepinwall about his popular history of the past fifteen years of television drama.
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Tags: Alan Sepinwall, auteurs, gender, television, TV Critic
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, box office, digital media, Game of Thrones, Hollywood, Hulu, internet, Netflix, television
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Prospect Park’s soap opera strategy tests traditional conceptions of televisual value within an evolving space of digital distribution.
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Tags: ABC, All My Children, digital distribution, Hulu, Hulu Plus, iTunes, One Life to Live, Prospect Park, Soap Operas, television, Value
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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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Tags: CFP, conference, television, TV Studies
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Grandpa Peacock may be floundering, but the kids—MSNBC and NBC Sports Network—are holding their own.
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Tags: branding, cable, MSNB, NBC Sports Network, NBC Universal, Programming, television, TV
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Comcast, copyright, digital media, Disney, FTC, FX, FXX, GDC, HBO, Hollywood, Hulu, industry, News Corp., streaming, Supreme Court, television, TV, upfronts, Variety, video games
Posted in Columns, Current Events, Industry, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? March 17-March 30
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: box office, Cablevision, digital media, Disney, DRM, EA, ESA, ESRB, Hollywood, Hulu, industry, megaupload, News Corp., publishing, simcity, television, Time Magazine, Time Warner, upfronts, Viacom
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