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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 3 comments

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

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