2.10 – Flow

The Commitments

August 5, 2005 Daniel Marcus / Goucher College 7 comments

by: Daniel Marcus / Goucher College
For better or worse, contemporary TV dramas ask a lot of their audiences.

The Value of Lost, Part Two

August 5, 2005 Jason Mittell / Middlebury College 10 comments

by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
Building on his last column, Jason Mittell offers up a gripping example of evaluative criticism to support his claim that “Lost is the best show on American broadcast TV.

Television’s Aesthetic of Dead-Ness

August 5, 2005 Dana Polan / New York University Leave a comment

by: Dana Polan / New York University
On “Jumping the Shark” and other ways popular culture frustrates and reneges on its promises.

The Televisual Tour de France on OLN: Confessions of a “Cynic”

August 5, 2005 Walter Metz / Montana State University at Bozeman 4 comments

by: Walter Metz / Montana State University-Bozeman
For Metz, Lance Armstrong winning an unprecedented seven Tours de France is not a matter of national pride.