This blog post has been sparked by the exorbitant amount of video recommendations that YouTube has offered up to me during the last few weeks after I finished season 2 of The Bear (Hulu, 2022—). In these various video essays (see list below), content creators talk about why The Bear is such a ‘perfect’ show or why certain episodes of The Bear are ‘perfect’ episodes.

Author’s note: Today’s Secret Word is […]. Whenever you see the word […] below, in honor of Paul Reubens, scream real loud. I was at WMNJ, Drew University’s student radio station, helping a student prep some new field recorders when the news of Paul Reubens’ death was announced.

Creating the video essay on The Good Life for the TV Dictionary – the entry was “see under lifestyle(s)” – was enjoyable. The hardest part was figuring out how to condense so much visually-arresting and often humorous material into a short space of time. Well, that and the way in which the nostalgic pleasures of rewatching this iconic show from the 1970s were often tempered by the realization of the nature of some of the content.

Queries about this call for papers should be directed to Rebecca Williams (rebeca.williams@southwales.ac.uk) or Christine Geraghty (christine.geraghty@glasgow.ac.uk) In February 2025, the soap opera EastEnders will celebrate its 40th anniversary. Launching in 1985, the BBC series has long been a staple on British television and remains one of the BBC’s flagship productions.

Abstracts due 22 Sept 2023 Special Issue of Convergence: The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies Guest editors: Dr Maura Edmond, Dr Olivia Khoo, Dr Claire Perkins and Dr Verity Trott, from @Gender&MediaLab in the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University, Australia.

Next week The Children’s Media Conference gathers people working with developing, producing and distributing content to children for a three-day programme in Sheffield. The conference is in its 20th edition in 2023, and the varied programme illustrates how all platforms are now in play when thinking about children’s media.

A comedy-drama about vampires and a high drama/satire of corporate culture would, on the face of it, seem unlikely bedfellows.

With the vast array of options of what to watch online, have you ever wondered why you picked that new comedy or that old documentary? Would you have chosen to watch them if they were on terrestrial TV? How much were you nudged to choose them by subtle prompts from the online streaming platforms?

Organized in partnership with: University of Brighton / The Glasgow School of Art / The OA Zine / Festival International de Vidéo Danse de Bourgogne This international online conference will focus on both seasons of Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij’s acclaimed television series The OA that went missing 4 years ago.

“Another world is not only possible; she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” Arundhati Roy