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Author: R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University

Teaching Friday Night Lights
R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University

April 21, 2015 R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University One comment

The uniqueness of Friday Night Lights as a teaching tool far beyond the text.

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I Am The One Who Acts: Breaking Down Bryan Cranston’s Breaking Bad Performance
R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University

March 1, 2015 R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University Leave a comment

The author arguments that television acting needs to be taken seriously within the context of television’s commercial and critical resurgence.

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Marathon Viewing E.R.: Rewatching Television’s Greatest Prime-Time Serial
R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University

November 26, 2014 R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University One comment

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The Children of Chuck Barris: Reality TV in the 1970s
R. Colin Tait / FLOW Staff

August 4, 2011 R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University 2 comments

A look at how The Gong Show and Battle of the Network Stars influenced a legion of contemporary reality shows, and defined network TV production models.

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Special Issue: Revisiting Aca-Fandom

December 17, 2010 R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University 2 comments

Is Aca-Fandom still a useful theoretical trope? Does it privilege some objects and remove the possibility of discussing others? Is aca-fandom merely a way to justify and privilege some tastes and thus reinforce them?

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Revisiting “The Canadian Conspiracy”
R. Colin Tait / FLOW Staff

September 24, 2010 R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University 7 comments

Are Canadians taking over Hollywood? Is Canada trying to infiltrate the entertainment industry from within? Colin Tait investigates the “Canadian Conspiracy.”

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H d’oh TV: Watching With The Simpsons in High Definition
R. Colin Tait / FLOW Staff

October 3, 2009 R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University 13 comments

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31 May

It was an absolute pleasure to helm @FlowTV with @ashdharcourt this year! The biggest of thanks to our contributors, staff, and supporters! https://twitter.com/FlowTV/status/1531636621275058176

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That’s a wrap on Volume 28. Shout out to our wonderful contributors and staff this past year. Also, be on the lookout out for our grad student issue that goes live in August!

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30 May

Nicole Erin Morse examines how The Matrix (1999) interrupts and deconstructs the male gaze. @cinefeminism

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