Tag: US television
Super Bowl ads: It’s getting harder for commercials to score with consumers
Linda Ferrell, Auburn University and O.C. Ferrell, Auburn University
With the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco...
With higher fees and more ads, streaming services like Netflix, Disney+...
Kathryn Cramer Brownell, Purdue University
There’s one thing that television viewers can count on in 2024: higher fees and...
‘Good Times’: 50 years ago, Norman Lear changed TV with a...
Angela M. Nelson, Bowling Green State University
I loved watching Norman Lear’s trailblazing television shows when I was growing...
Why are sitcom dads still so inept?
Erica Scharrer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
From Homer Simpson to Phil Dunphy, sitcom dads have long been known for being bumbling and inept.
But it wasn’t...
The strange connection between Bobby Kennedy’s death and Scooby-Doo
Kevin Sandler, Arizona State University
Scooby-Doo, one of the most enduring animated characters ever to emerge from U.S. television, celebrates his 50th birthday this month.
Created...
3 tips: How to teach children to watch commercials more closely
Sarah Gretter, Michigan State University
With all the time that young people spend in front of screens these days – from TVs to laptops, cellphones...
Why are Sinclair’s scripted news segments such a big deal?
Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan
On March 31, Deadspin produced a video showing a chorus of local news anchors delivering the exact same scripted speech...
In defense of HBO’s counterfactual ‘Confederate’
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, Fairfield University
In late July, HBO announced its forthcoming alternate history series “Confederate,” a show that will take place in a...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
