12 Works in Television
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Short Takes by yourlibrarian
Fandoms: I Medici | Medici: Masters of Florence (TV), National Treasure (TV 2016), Monty Python [TV], Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek Enterprise, Fosse/Verdon (TV), Killing Eve (TV - 2018)
19 Mar 2023
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Comments on TV shows, episodes and seasons
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- Part 75 of Reviews
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I marked the 1970s as a turning point because I think that this is when a particularly naturalistic form of cinema became popular.
Originally posted July 18, 2017 / September 7, 2017
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- Part 14 of What Goes Into Our Canon
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Writing About Television and Writing in the Movies by yourlibrarian
Fandoms: Fandom - Fandom
20 Dec 2022
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What doesn't get mentioned here is how conversations that used to occur mostly in fandom spaces are now spreading out into the news media as more and more people write about TV for pay.
Originally posted March 1, 2013 and June 26, 2013
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- Part 12 of What Goes Into Our Canon
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What do I mean by "curse"? Namely a problem that arises on the production side that starts to shift the premise and audience of a show. I'm taking a leap here in supposing that what I've seen in a few fandoms is indicative of a wider trend, but I suspect it may be true.
Originally posted September 15, 2010 and September 23, 2010.
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- Part 9 of What Goes Into Our Canon
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Finding an audience for genre shows by yourlibrarian
Fandoms: Supernatural, Lost, Star Trek TOS [TV - 1966]
20 Dec 2022
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Respecting your characters and your audience.
Originally posted May 20, 2010.
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- Part 7 of What Goes Into Our Canon
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Discovery and the Lack of It by yourlibrarian
Fandoms: Fandom - Fandom, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
20 Dec 2022
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Assuming one cares about spoilers, it's so easy for TV viewing to become a race to completion, especially if it's a long canon. But I also wonder how much gets missed in the viewing.
Originally posted August 21, 2020
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- Part 16 of What Goes Into Our Canon
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Do you really want to be the characters you watch?
Originally posted December 8, 2009.
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- Part 4 of What Goes Into Our Canon
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Changes in TV viewing and music listening.
Originally posted December 21, 2009.
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- Part 6 of What Goes Into Our Canon
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Having written more recently about how fan television habits may be changing fandom itself, this look back suggests it started happening much earlier but for similar reasons.
Originally posted May 4, 2007.
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- Part 4 of Fandom History
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What Grabs People by yourlibrarian
Fandoms: Fandom - Fandom, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, How I Met Your Mother, The Social Network (2010)
17 Dec 2022
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The crux of the thing is that the canon, whatever it is, has inspired the audience's imagination and engagement, but whatever that spark is may prove to be overly specific, or elusive, or transitory.
Originally posted January 15, 2012/January 23, 2012/January 26, 2012/February 2, 2012
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- Part 16 of Exploring Fandom
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All of which is a very long way to say, how do people define what they "watch" and how much does the way they watch have to do with whether they are fannish or become involved in a fandom?
Originally posted May 4, 2007
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- Part 3 of Exploring Fandom
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Given a recent study, I started musing on whether or not the form in which you engage with issues -– through fiction or non-fiction –-changes the way you look at information?
Originally posted November 18, 2008.
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- Part 3 of Outside Views