Afterword: The Time of the Television City has Come

Brunsdon, Charlotte

Dossiers, no. 2, vol. 7June 28, 2022<June 28, 2022

Afterword: The Time of the Television City has Come

Charlotte Brunsdon

Charlotte Brunsdon reflects on recurring themes in the Television Cities dossier and discusses the enticements and challenges of studying television and cities together.

Dossiers, no. 2, vol. 7June 27, 2022<June 27, 2022

“A change from murder and mayhem”: UK City of Culture on Television

Kat Pearson

Kat Pearson considers the role of television in Coventry's year as UK City of Culture, from BBC programming to local events that enabled residents to engage with the city's history through the TV archives.

Dossiers, no. 2, vol. 7June 24, 2022<June 24, 2022

“Fix it! And Accessorize it!”: Gender, Nostalgia, and the City in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Helen Morgan Parmett

Can televisual nostalgia for midcentury Manhattan have feminist potential? Helen Morgan Parmett explores Greenwich Village and gender politics in The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.

Dossiers, no. 2, vol. 7June 23, 2022<June 23, 2022

Where is it Safe to Make Television? COVID, “Don’t Say Gay,” and the Instability of Spatial Capital

Myles McNutt

Myles McNutt looks at how the issue of safety is redrawing the map of US television production, from Covid-19 to new forms of discriminative legislation on issues such as abortion and LGBTQ+ rights.

Dossiers, no. 2, vol. 7June 22, 2022<June 22, 2022

TV Cities, Istanbul: The Labor of Reconstructing History in Turkish TV Series

Ipek A. Celik Rappas

How is historic Istanbul recreated for the screen? Drawing on interviews with local media professionals, Ipek Celik Rappas considers the challenges of filming heritage television series in a rapidly changing city.

Dossiers, no. 2, vol. 7June 21, 2022<June 21, 2022

Familiar Spectacles: Nightclub Space in TV Berlin

Kim Wilkins

Kim Wilkins examines spectacular yet familiar scenes of Berlin nightclubs in serial television, arguing that they draw on the city's history of hedonism to promote its present-day image as a nightlife capital.

no. 2, Student Voices, vol. 6April 22, 2021<April 26, 2021

The Millenial Flaneuse in Broad City

Sasha Nater

Sasha Nater explores the television series Broad City to consider the extent to which the show's main characters might be considered modern-day flaneuses. The show demonstrates the unique struggles millennial women face as they navigate the city, while also offering up potential for women to make their own place in the city by navigating and narrating their everyday experiences amidst the urban environment.

no. 1, Q & A, Reviewed, vol. 6January 15, 2021<February 3, 2021

The Mediapolis Q&A: Elizabeth Patton’s Easy Living

Elana H Levine

Television and media scholar Elana Levine interviews Elizabeth Patton on her recent book Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office.

no. 1, Roundtables, vol. 3February 19, 2018<February 19, 2018

Relocating Mobile Production: Los Angeles & TV’s Spatial Capital Showdown

Myles McNutt

Myles McNutt discusses how Los Angeles has been forced to rethink its approach to competing in a new television landscape characterized by mobile production

Deep Dives, no. 5, vol. 1December 28, 2016<May 17, 2022

There Goes the Neighborhood: CenturyLink Field and the Transformation of Seattle’s SoDo Neighborhood

Helen Morgan Parmett & Kate Ranachan

In the latest installment in our Deep Dives series, Helen Morgan Parmett and Kate Ranachan explore the sports-centered redevelopment and rebranding of Seattle's SoDo neighborhood.