William Proctor:     Lindelof has been quite insistent that he won’t return for a second season, but he is quite happy for the show to continue in his absence.

William Proctor: One of the first things that came to mind when watching HBO’s Watchmen is whether the series would be as equally impenetrable to audiences that have no experience of the comic.

William Proctor: For many comic fans, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen is a sacred, seminal text, one that perhaps should never be adapted nor extended with sequels, prequels etc., or else the sanctity of the original would be defaced in some way—at least in the minds of purists (of which I am one, admittedly). […]

Until no later than September 2020, all EU countries will have to apply at the level of local legislation, the principles and norms of the new version of the European Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). Originally rolled out in 1989, and then named as “the television without frontiers directive”, the AVMSD is the key legal document defining the various pillars upon which the cross-border provision of audiovisual media services is built

Honey, I’m Homo: The L Word Along with Jill Soloway’s popular dramedy, Transparent, The L Word has succeeded in redefining or widening our understanding of concepts such as family and sexuality within the conventions of American popular culture.

Borders in/of Adaptation Association of Adaptation Studies 1-2 October, 2020 Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France  Keynote speakers: Elisabeth Bronfen (University of Zurich, New York University) Deborah Cartmell (University of Leicester) Jatinder Verma (Artistic director, Tara Theatre) For the 2020 edition of the Association of Adaptation Studies conference, we would like to examine the presence and […]

We are inviting abstracts for a publication on the British television series Auf Wiedersehen Pet to mark the 35th anniversary of its first screening. We are interested in a range of contributions including; academic articles, fan responses, reminiscences, revisiting locations, interviews, etc. Auf Wiedersehen Pet first appeared on the television screens in 1983.

Speculative fiction, film, and television series are fast-growing genres, in part because they comment on the present. These genres ask readers to consider environmental, technological, and political events and developments in the world today, and the impacts these may have on the world of the future.

by Katrine Bouschinger Christensen and Eva Novrup Redvall In the 2010s, Danish public service broadcasting gained international attention through the interest in Nordic Noir crime and Scandi dramas such as The Killing (2007-2012) and Borgen (2010-2013). This led to a number of publications on the particularities of the productions as well as the production strategies […]

Dear Santa, Well, another year gone. I’ve tried very hard to be good. I’ve tried to look after my family and friends, aimed to be more considerate to people doing difficult customer-facing jobs, and worked doing the best I can writing around half-a-dozen sets of DVD viewing notes, articles for Doctor Who Magazine and TV Years , and fanzine items for the likes of SiG and Celestial Toyroom . Oh, and some blogs.