Before we start, some caveats: (1) these are my favorites, not “the best” necessarily – I didn’t see everything, not everything is my cup of tea, and these are just what I really liked and responded to; (2) I took “TV show” to require more than one episode, so no Read more…
I can’t resist the opportunity to create a list, so here are my top shows of the year. Note, though, that it’s a record of my own personal favorites and preferences, not a declaration of Ultimate Value. If I listed “best” or “most important,” I’d be more inclined to think Read more…
Continuing with my lists of media that “made me” (follow links for videogames and television) I now turn to movies. 1. The Star Wars trilogy There is nowhere else this list or story could begin than in a galaxy far, far away with a Corellian blockade runner being pursued by Read more…
I’ve posted my list of television that made me, but as I reflected upon there, after Sesame Street, not much else had a huge impact on me till the mid-90s. By contrast, I grew up with video games, the medium developing as did I, conveniently about as complex (or not) Read more…
What are the television shows that “made” you? Not those that are necessarily the best, nor even the ones you like the most, but the ones that played key roles in your development, that were there at important times for you, or perhaps that you regularly look back to? A Read more…
Earlier, I posted comments on some of my favorite Peabody winners and finalists this year. In this post, I want to note some other revelations, discoveries, and continuing passions that the judging brought my way. (Before doing so, I feel a need to add a strict disclaimer, though: I don’t Read more…
With this year’s Peabody winners and finalists having now been announced, I wanted to highlight a few that I loved. I’ll follow up with a later post about things that didn’t win but that I discovered in the selection process and that I still want to give some love to. Read more…
As 2017 draws to a close, here’s my list of the best television I’ve seen so far from 2017. Operative is that this is the best “so far” … not because I believe the next few hours will show me anything new and brilliant, but because I obviously haven’t seen Read more…
A lot of people can’t stand kids television, because of how coked-up everyone seems to be. Ever so much enthusiasm, lots of loud and excited emoting, and even if the volume didn’t get you here comes the messaging to thrash you over the head repeatedly. That doesn’t bug me so Read more…
I’m excited to note “three” “books” of “mine” that have come out in 2017. First out was Keywords for Media Studies, which I edited alongside the wonderful Laurie Ouellette. This adds itself to NYU Press’ successful, cool Keywords series that run with Raymond Williams’ idea and provide not neutered encyclopedia Read more…