Category: Fans
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Catching up on DVD — What changes?
One of the best TV critics around, Myles McNutt, has a poll up on his web site right now that will help him choose what series to catch up on via DVD here in the coming months. Obviously, DVD has done wonders for television viewers. We can wait until a entire season — or series…
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Fandom and serial TV — Letting go, holding on
A lot of ink has been spilled about the future of serial television, but even if I do not think that it is “going away” or “dying,” I’ve recently been thinking about how troubling it is to be a fan of these types of series. As a fan of serial television, there are usually two…
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‘Chuck’ versus the Ridiculous Fan Reaction
FACT: NBC series Chuck has a ridiculously active fanbase. For anyone who doesn’t know, the fans — which included critics like Alan Sepinwall and Mo Ryan — of the series helped organize a slew of “Save Chuck” campaigns last spring, including pilgrimages to Subway, a sponsor of the show, and a number of social media-related outputs. For…
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