"Stop killing off TV’s lesbians: This depressing trope limits storytelling about queer women" What do you do when you really like a show that buries its gays or participates in #queerbaiting to avoid gay characters altogether? #snowqueen#sleepingwarrior #dastiel
After seeing a fan mash-up of Sherlock with House M.D. on YouTube, I was curious what CBS’s Elementary might offer as an updated, American version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories. I searched for an interview with one of Elementary’s female producers, and landed on Liz Friedman, a very accomplished television producer and writer who … Continue reading Boss is King: Meritocratic excuses of wage theft by above-the-line workers in semi-embedded deep texts
https://youtu.be/XtN5lTIUHeA Laura Prudom writing in Variety’s March 22, 2016 article, “Supergirl’ Meets ‘The Flash’: Stars Take Us Behind the Scenes on the Crossover (EXCLUSIVE)” reveals the economic convergence involved in such event programming. Henry Jenkins defines various forms of the post-network phenomena of convergence, the economic variety consisting of the ownership of different forms of media. … Continue reading Convergence Breeds Convergence: Crossover in CBS’s Supergirl
Best known for its crime procedurals like NCIS and event reality shows like Survivor, CBS doubled-down on its cash cow shows years ago, as unabashed king of back-door pilots spinning off into series. While comedies and non-crime dramas exist and are even popular on the network, the majority of CBS shows are similar in … Continue reading When Voicemails Are Love Letters: Hitting the Repetition Wall in CBS’s The Good Wife
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