television history

Technical Failures as Symptoms of Social Success on Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party
Kara Carmack / The University of Texas at Austin

February 6, 2022 Kara Elizabeth Carmack / University of Texas at Austin 12 comments

Kara Carmack historicizes the counterhegemonic technical failures on Glenn O’Brien’s public access TV Party.

LAW AND ORDER AND TV CRIME: HOW DID WE GET HERE?
CATHERINE MARTIN / DENISON UNIVERSITY

October 18, 2021 Catherine Martin / Denison University Leave a comment

Catherine Martin lays out a historical trajectory of crime and policing on television.

Women Horror Hosts in the Southern United States, 1957-1960
Caroline N. Bayne / University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

February 1, 2021 Caroline N. Bayne / University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 4 comments

Caroline N. Bayne takes a closer look at the women behind the iconic horror personas working in Southern U.S. television during the 1950s.

**Over*Flow: New Year’s Eve in front of the TV, 1959: What was on, why does it matter, and where can I see it?**
Kit MacFarlane / University of South Australia

January 1, 2020 Kit MacFarlane / University of South Australia One comment

Kit MacFarlane cross-references television archives to recreate and analyze the primetime schedule of New Year’s Eve 1959.

**On Feminism, Racism, and Bewitched‘s Not-So-Magical Politics of Fun**
Phoebe Bronstein / University of California San Diego

February 27, 2017 Phoebe Bronstein / University of California, San Diego One comment

Phoebe Bronstein examines how Bewitched reinforced exclusionary white feminism and how this exclusion continues to affect the modern women’s movement and marketable, consumerist feminism.

Mary Tyler Moore: The Exemplary Disruption of the Single City Girl Archetype
Charisse L’Pree / Syracuse University

February 19, 2017 Charisse L'Pree / Syracuse University 2 comments

Charisse L’Pree examines the historical representation of women in the sitcom and traces the development of what she terms the “Single City Girl” archetype.

Technical Failures as Symptoms of Social Success on Glenn O’Brien’s TV PartyKara Carmack / The University of Texas at Austin

LAW AND ORDER AND TV CRIME: HOW DID WE GET HERE?CATHERINE MARTIN / DENISON UNIVERSITY

Women Horror Hosts in the Southern United States, 1957-1960Caroline N. Bayne / University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Over*Flow: New Year’s Eve in front of the TV, 1959: What was on, why does it matter, and where can I see it?Kit MacFarlane / University of South Australia

On Feminism, Racism, and Bewitched‘s Not-So-Magical Politics of Fun Phoebe Bronstein / University of California San Diego

Mary Tyler Moore: The Exemplary Disruption of the Single City Girl Archetype Charisse L’Pree / Syracuse University