List of panelists for a roundtable panel titled "TV and Catastrophe: Reviting Classical Questions." Panelists and topics include: Molly Schneider, "Imagining Nuclear Histories on Playhouse 90." Kelly Kessler, "The Day After: Trauma TV or Just a Gen X Tuesday." Aniko Bodroghkozy, "Crisis, Catastrophe, & the JFK Assassination." Samantha Janes, "Class of '07 and Apocalypse Comedy." Emily Saidel, "Democracy after Disaster."

Super pumped for our roundtable "TV and Catastrophe: Revisiting Classical Questions." We're in the Friday night slot, so I won't be sad if you bring a cocktail. #SCMS26 #SCMS2026 #TVStudies

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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📚📺Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World #BookReview #BroadleafBooks #ARCReview #History #Television Discover how the book and TV miniseries Roots became a cultural phenomenon that has shaped our understanding of heritage, race, identity, and family for fifty years. "Remembering Roots highlights the indomitability of the human spirit; and reminds us that, like our ancestors, as long as we continue to breathe, there's hope." —LEVAR BURTON, award-winning actor, director, author, and original cast member of…

Discover how the book and TV miniseries Roots became a cultural phenomenon that has shaped our understanding of heritage, race, identity, and family for fifty years. -> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #RememberingRoots #Edelweiss #BroadleafBooks #Television #AlexHaley #TVStudies #ARCReview

Discover new paperback editions of some of our bestselling #FilmStudies #MediaStudies #TVStudies books, and save *40%* in the BIG January Sale!

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You can now also preorder @espinoza.bsky.social‘s monograph “Reframing Margaret Thatcher” in MUP‘s January sale with a 40% discount - or recommend it to your library!

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TV Used to Be a Window to Conversation — Now It’s Just a Door to More On the loss of communal viewing, weekly conversation, and shared cultural time.

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TV Used to Be a Window to Conversation — Now It’s Just a Door to More Content
On the loss of communal viewing, weekly conversation, and shared cultural time.
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Holding the book "Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction" in front of a row of wooden lockers

"Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction" by @matthewleggatt.bsky.social looks at playfulness and labour, boredom & the future of play in literature, films & TV series, from #ThomasMore to #SquidGame

#Utopia #Dystopia #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryStudies #TVStudies #FilmStudies

So pumped to be doing an SCMS roundtable titled “TV and Catastrophe: Revisiting Classical Questions” with Kelly Kessler, Aniko Bodroghkozy @anikob.bsky.social, Samantha Janes, and Emily Saidel! #SCMS26 #SCMS2026 #TVstudies #TVhistory

In case you missed it, the CFP is out for next year's Critical Studies in Television conference. DEADLINE for abstracts: 19th December. #TVStudies

For #MonsterMonday you might also want to take note of the #CfP #CallforPapers for next year's #Inklings symposium:
#Inklings2026 conference will focus on "Enmonsterisations in the Fantastic" - #LiteraryStudies #FilmStudies #ComicsStudies #DnD #TVStudies & more

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#CallforProposals for a book series on #TVStudies #PopCulture - submissions are still welcome, suggest an idea for a monograph for the series to @smittermeier.bsky.social 📺📺📺

🎬 Enjoy 50% off Film, TV and media studies books in our Summer Sale!

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🎬 Starting today: Doing Women's Film & TV History Conference!

📚 Visit the MUP stand to,
– Chat with @mlhouston.bsky.social about your new proposal
– Browse our #Film and #TVStudies books & series

Not attending? Explore the reading list online 👇
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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

Attending the Doing Women's film and TV history conference this week?

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📚Chat with @mlhouston.bsky.social about a new proposal
📚Explore our #Film and #TVStudies titles and series

Not attending? Browse our reading list 👇
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Bumping again for the weekend #cdrama #tvstudies

The Flash is the strongest superhero of all time. PERIOD. 🤓⚡️ #DC #DCcomics #CW #Marvel #sci-fi #tvstudies #mediastudies

Holding the essay collection "Blessings beyond the Binary" in front of a tree with white blossoms

"Blessings beyond the Binary, ed. by @therubellion.bsky.social & @brettkrutzsch.bsky.social looks at the 🇺🇸 TV show Transparent and analyses in 16 essays how it shows the intersections of #Jewishness, #gender & sexuality

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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

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

I was really excited to apply to @umich.edu for my PhD, but now that they’ve cut their DEI programs I’m reconsidering. I want to be at a university that protects their students and prioritizes diversity.

#UMich #CinemaStudies #FilmStudies #TVStudies #Diversity #DEI

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

As a SIG, our members are doing such great work that we have an excess of excellence preventing us from "officially" sponsoring all the panels submitted so we want shout out panels that we could not include in our "official" list of sponsored panels. #scms #scms2025 #scmstv #tvstudies

E17 "Badge and Screen: Deconstructing Police Narratives in Popular Television" chaired by Brian Faucette with presentations from the chair, Matt Smith, David Pierson, and Maria Suzanne Boyd #scms #scms25 #scmstv #tvstudies

E11 "Useful Television: Expanding Understand of the Medium through Alternative Histories" chaired by Kit Hughes with presentations from the chair, Jennifer Blaylock, Hannah Spaulding, Annie Sullivan and Stace Takacs #scms #scms25 #scmstv #tvstudies

E01 "Re-Imagining the K-Drama: Memory, Sexuality, and Desire" chaired by Steve Choe with presentations from the chair, Min Boo Lee, Jinhee Choi, and Ji-yoon An #scms #scms25 #scmstv #tvstudies

D17 "Uncomfortable Couples: Television and Interracial Sex" Chaired by Meenasarani Linde Murugan featuring presentations by Melissa Phruksachart, Leigh Goldstein, & Brandy Monk-Payton with Hunter Hargraves responding. #scms #scms2025 #scmstv #tvstudies