American TV Series Revivals

Introduction

authored by

Kathleen Loock

Abstract

This special issue examines contemporary American TV series revivals with a focus on production and reception contexts as well as the industrial, cultural, and textual practices involved. Each essay is concerned with a different case study and brings a distinct approach to the analysis of the trend on American network television and the online streaming service Netflix. Together, they analyze how revivals rely on past TV experiences to circulate new products through the crowded contemporary media landscape, and how they seek to negotiate the televisual heritage of original series, feelings of generational belonging, as well as notions of the past, present, and future in meaningful ways. This introduction to the special issue provides the definitions, broader historical context, and theoretical framework of televisual repetition and innovation for understanding contemporary TV series revivals.

External Organisation(s)

Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin)

Type

Article

Journal

Television and New Media

Volume

19

Pages

299-309

No. of pages

11

ISSN

1527-4764

Publication date

01.05.2018

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies, Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476417742971 (Access: Closed)