TY - JOUR

T1 - American TV Series Revivals

T2 - Introduction

AU - Loock, Kathleen

N1 - Funding Information: The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/ or publication of this article: The work leading to this publication was supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the People Program (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement n° 605728 (P.R.I.M.E. – Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience).

PY - 2018/5/1

Y1 - 2018/5/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - afterlife of television series

KW - reboot

KW - rerun

KW - reunion show

KW - spin-off

KW - TV series revival

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045055626&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/1527476417742971

DO - 10.1177/1527476417742971

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85045055626

VL - 19

SP - 299

EP - 309

JO - Television and New Media

JF - Television and New Media

SN - 1527-4764

IS - 4

ER -