Category: Blog News
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Plugs from around the web
Things haven’t been completely dead around these parts, but they have been somewhat light, and that’s mostly because of my writing for other digital spaces. With that in mind, I have some links for you. Most of my energy has been dedicated to launching This Was Television, a new venture focused on older television and the […]
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About the future of TV Surveillance
Hey all. We just passed the two-year anniversary for TV Surveillance and after a fairly tumultuous opening half to this year, I want to thank everyone for sticking around, engaging with me on Twitter and the like. The good news is that this summer should open me up to write more. The slightly bad news is […]
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[Update] Test Pilot: Announcing the upcoming themes and files
5/25 Update: And they’re all filled! Thanks people! 5/21 Update: Still a few open slots! Help me! 5/11 Update: I’ve updated the schedule with the requested spots. I still have many files open. Please consider joining me! After much consideration and the help of many of you (thanks by the way), I’ve crafted […]
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About the ads
Hey folks. You likely now notice that TV Surveillance features a few (hopefully unobtrusive) ads at the top and on the side of the page. These new additions to the site layout are part of WordPress giving certain .com blogs the opportunity to make a few cents here and there. I get enough page views […]
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Test Pilot: Announcing the Test Pilot schedule through May 2012
Tuesday update: I’ve now filled each of these entries with a co-writer. Thanks to everyone who volunteered and shared this. Hiya folks! Just as I did with #TVFail on Friday, I’ve decided to take this short burst of free time I have currently to plan the schedule for the Test Pilot feature. Constructing the schedule […]
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Programming note: Quasi-hiatus
Hey folks! The next few weeks are going to be really hectic for me personally. I’ll be doing various moving projects and trying to finish up with a first draft of my thesis. What this means for TV Surveillance is sort of unclear, but I wanted to post this little note just in case things […]
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Surveillance Summer Watch: Holiday hiatus
Hiya, folks! Happy Independence Day! I just wanted to take a quick moment of your time to announce that there will be no Summer Watch pieces on Cheers or Hill Street Blues this week. Most television series take time off for holidays and therefore, it seems fitting to take some time off now, especially since I’m […]
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Surveillance Summer Watch: History Lesson — Announcing this summer’s viewing projects
As most of you know, the summer months are light on quality television or even decent television worth writing about. Because of this, many television critics and fans use this time to re-watch some of their favorite series or catch up on things they have missed over the years. Not only does it keep the […]
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TV Surveillance Update: Summer begins!?
Hey folks! I just wanted to give a quick update about the site and my plans for the coming months. The television season is officially over, which means it’s time for summer. But just because the season is over, doesn’t mean TVS will stop. As you might have seen yesterday, I started what should be a […]
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TV Surveillance turns one! A quick message
Hey folks! One year ago today, I started this web site. There are achieves from elsewhere that I migrated, but May 1, 2010 was the first official day of new posting on TV Surveillance. I had a nice little following at Indiana University doing the TV Surveillance column and various television-related work, I suspected that […]