The mid-1990s were an unusual time to grow up in the US (at least I thought so). The success of The X-Files (Fox 1993-2003; 2016-2018) had led to an explicit spinoff ( Millennium, Fox 1996-1999) as well as a glut of similar conspiracy and alien-related series.

So, this morning, the day has already got off to a good start with the unprompted arrival of what I like to think of as a ‘Nice one!’ e-mail. They don’t have to be long.  They don’t have to be complicated.  And – indeed – they were a thing taught to me in the technology field before we even had e-mails.  I have no idea what I liked to think of them as back then.

British television series par excellence Doctor Who (1963-present) has been the subject of a wide variety of academic works.

Call for Papers: ‘A word, after a word, after a word is power’: The Hulu Adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-2024): A one-day multidisciplinary symposium. Friday, September 13, 2024 University of Northumbria at Newcastle We are inviting proposals for 20-minute conference papers on the Hulu Adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale , Margaret Atwood’s famous 1985 dystopia.

This week, the nominations for the British Academy Television Awards will be announced. There will be nominations for a range of TV craft roles, including directors, cinematographers, sound recordists and editors, as well as production design, hair and make-up, and costume;

The Flowing Image: The Ocean On-Screen 28-29th August 2024 Hybrid MS Teams &

Call for Papers: Special issue of Journal of British Cinema and Television on the theme of transmission and transmitters Proposals are invited for a special issue of the Journal of British Cinema and Television on the subject of television and cinema transmission. Transmission is one of the key technologies underpinning television and cinema.

Organizers: The Audience Network at Lancaster University (ANLU) Confirmed Speaker: Prof. Annette Kuhn (Queen Mary University of London) Deadline for submission of abstracts: 29 March 2024 Notification of Acceptance: 12 April 2024 Since its first engagements with television, radio, and popular culture (Williams 1974; Hall 1973;

The Book Reviews Section for the journal Critical Studies in Television is interested in adding to our list of possible book reviewers. We are particularly interested in recruiting PhD students who would like to get the experience of writing for a Journal. Guidance will be given about shaping a review, reviews will get sympathetic editorial advice and deadlines can be adjusted to suit personal circumstances.

Commercial radio has a long history in the US. It is in this context that sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (CBS, 1978-1982) exists, balancing corporate requirements with sociocultural critique. For those unfamiliar with the series, it followed the trials and tribulations of the radio station WKRP based in Cincinnati, Ohio and its eccentric employees.