The TV SIG happy hour is TODAY! See you at 2twenty2 Tavern in a few hours!

Welcome to the first full day of SCMS! We want to highlight our last four TV SIG sponsored panels—don't miss them! Hope to see you all around at the conference!

Spotlight on some of our upcoming sponsored TV SIG panels! Don't miss the chance to connect with other TV scholars and their work at SCMS this weekend!

This is our roundtable on the forthcoming COCKTAIL LOVER'S GUIDE TO TV HISTORY! Join us at 11am on that Saturday to hear contributors' reflections on writing TV history for audiences outside of academia. Also, it's 5 o'clock somewhere, so come thirsty! #SCMS26

Call for Chapters - Atomic TV.docx Call for Chapter Proposals – Atomic TV Submission deadline: June 15th, 2026 This proposed edited collection, Atomic TV, seeks to address the relationship between television and “atomic” history, cul...

CFP, hot off the presses! Stacy Takacs and I are co-editing a book on Atomic TV, and we hope you'll consider submitting a chapter proposal.
#TVstudies #atomicTV #TVhistory @scms-tv.bsky.social @tv-radio-history.bsky.social @misig-scms.bsky.social @warstudiessig.bsky.social

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Join the SCMS TV SIG at the upcoming conference for our SIG Happy Hour from 5-7pm on Friday, 3/27! We'll be at 2twenty2 Tavern. Also check out our sponsored panels, and get in touch with us if you have any questions!

ANNOUNCING: The SCMS Television Studies SIG 2026 Graduate Essay Contest! Essays due January 2, 2026—more details below!
Submit essays to: Matt Boyd Smith (mbsmith@yhc.edu)
Sign up to review here: forms.gle/K4muyibPH8Y1...
Get in touch with any questions!

Happening in one hour! Get in touch if you didn't receive the zoom link!

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UPCOMING EVENT: Join the SCMS TV SIG, Taylor Cole Miller, and Alfred L. Martin, Jr. for "A Chat About GOLDEN GIRLS: TALES FROM THE LANAI" on Thursday, November 6, at 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT. Check your email or DM for the event link! #scmstv @scmstudies.bsky.social

Call for Papers: Université de Valenciennes conference on PEAKY BLINDERS. Proposals due October 12, 2025. See details below!

Your New TV SIG Board! Kayti Lausch, Senior Co-Chair. Matt Boyd Smith, Junior Co-Chair. Ben Kruger-Robbins, First Year Board Rep. Olivia Stowell, Grad Student Rep.

Please congratulate your new board (as of July 1st)! @kaytilausch.bsky.social will move up to Sr. Co-Chair. Matt Boyd Smith will move up to Jr. Co-Chair. @bkrugerr.bsky.social will be our incoming First Year Board Rep. And Olivia Stowell is our incoming Grad Student Rep. Go team! #scmstv

I'd also like to thank our outgoing Grad Student Rep, Cameron Brown @camlbrown.bsky.social, for his excellent service to the SIG over the past couple years! #scmstv +

Your New TV SIG Board! Kayti Lausch, Senior Co-Chair. Matt Boyd Smith, Junior Co-Chair. Ben Kruger-Robbins, First Year Board Rep. Olivia Stowell, Grad Student Rep.

Hello, TV SIG! Molly here! Today is my final day as a board member, so I'd like to say thank you to this great community of scholars. It's been wonderful serving on the board and seeing some of the amazing work our colleagues are doing (including our graduate students)! #scmstv +

Also, please congratulate our runners-up: "Thinking Outside Crisis Theories" by Akhil Goswami and "'In honor of Pride Month, Netflix brings you, Stereotype: The Series'" by Nathan Workman #SCMS #SCMSTV #GradStudent #EssayContest #tvstudies #mediastudies

Please join us in congratulating the winner and runners-up of the 2025 TV Studies SIG Graduate Student Essay Contest! Emmanuel Ramos-Barajas's winning essay, “Formulaic Frontiers” will be published in an upcoming issue of the New Review of Film and Television Journal!

Thanks to all who voted in the election and/or participated in SIG events this year, and we look forward to more exciting television scholarship and discussion to come! #SCMSTV #TVSIG 📺

Your new TV SIG Board as of July 1st will be:
Senior Co-Chair: Kayti Lausch @kaytilausch.bsky.social
Junior Co-Chair: Matt Boyd Smith
First Year Board Rep: Ben Kruger-Robbins @bkrugerr.bsky.social
Grad Student Rep: @oliviastowell.bsky.social

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We are pleased to announce the results of our TV SIG Board election! Our new First Year Board Rep will be Ben Kruger-Robbins. Our new Grad Student Rep will be Olivia Stowell. Congrats to both!
Let's also enthusiastically thank all of our candidates for their willingness to serve. 📺 #SCMSTV #TVSIG

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A reminder that voting is underway for our TV SIG Board election! We're electing 2 positions this year: First Year Board Rep and Graduate Student Rep. (Check your email for further details and the link to the voting portal.) Voting will close on Friday, May 16th. #SCMSTV

An announcement that says 'TV SIG Board Election. Voting is now open! Cast your vote by May 16th. Check your email for the link.'

Voting is now open for our TV SIG Board election!

We're electing 2 positions this year: First Year Board Rep and Graduate Student Rep.

Voting will close on Friday, May 16th. (Check your email for the link.)

REMINDER: Send us us those nominations! Due tomorrow.

(See your email from April 14th for details, or email or message Molly with any questions @moschneids.bsky.social )

An announcement that says: Call for Nominations. The TV SIG is electing 2 new board members! First Year Rep and Grad Student Rep. Submit self-nominations by April 18th.

A reminder that self-nominations are open for our upcoming TV SIG Board Election! We're electing a First Year Rep and a Grad Student Rep. Interested in running? Please send a 100-word bio and a 200ish-word nominating statement to Molly by Friday. (Check your email for details.) #SCMSTV

Also sponsored by the SIG is R19 "Doing Political History with TV: How and Why to Use TV Texts as Primary Source"! Chaired by Aniko Bodroghkozy and featuring presentations from the chair, Heather Hendershot, David Lipson, and A. Brad Schwartz #scms #scms25 #scmstv #tvstudies

Q09 "Adaptation & Gamification: Asian Media and the Transnational Market": This panel is sponsored by the TV SIG and chaired by Charlotte Stevens with presentations from the chair, Lisa W. Jacobson, Shiyi Zhao, and Shan Mu Zhao #scms #scms25 #scmstv #tvstudies

Happy Last Day of #SCMS, everyone! As you wrap up your time here, be sure to check out the following panels featuring members of the TV SIG! #scms25 #scmstv #tvstudies

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ROUNDTABLE Doing Political History with TV How and Why to Use TV Texts as Primary Source Material SWISSOTEL Alpine 2 LUCERNE LEVEL CHAR Aniko Bodroghkozy • University of Virginia Heather Hendershot • Northwestern University • "The 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention and TV" David Lipson • Université de Strasbourg • "Frances 1995 Presidential Election and TV Satire" A Brad Schwartz • Princeton University • "Finding the Viewers of the Murrow-McCarthy Moment" Aniko Bodroghkozy • University of Virginia • "The JFK Assassination and TV News Coverage" sponsored by Television and Radio History Scholarly Interest Group; Television Studies Scholarly Interest Group

Good morning, Chicago! If you’re in this beautiful city on this beautiful morning, come hear me talk about the battle between Ed Murrow and Joe McCarthy this afternoon at #SCMS25.

@scmstudies.bsky.social @scms-tv.bsky.social

AND WE’RE LIVE! Happening now, “O14-‘I (Still) Want My MTV!’: Tracing the Channel’s Past, Present, and Future” chaired by @amandaannklein.bsky.social with presentations from the chair, Ethan Thompson, Laurel Westrup, and @alyxvesey.bsky.social. #scms #scms25 #scmstv #tvstudies

Also today, we got to see "G6, "Specters Onscreen: Network-Era TV Horror Formats and their Ghostly Contemporary Traces."" with presentations from @jotorresbarth.bsky.social, @andyowens85.bsky.social, and Alex Remington #scms #scms2025 #scmstv #tvstudies

Today saw panels like "F13 Policy and Power Regulating Global Media in the Digital Age" featuring presentations from Maureen Mauk, Swapnil Rai, Jennifer Porst, and Sylwia Szostak #scms #scms2025 #scmstv #tvstudies