Dr. Molly Schneider
@moschneids.bsky.social
TV Historian. she/her
Out now from University of Texas Press:
Gold Dust on the Air: Television Anthology Drama & Midcentury American Culture
https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/
Out now from University of Texas Press:
Gold Dust on the Air: Television Anthology Drama & Midcentury American Culture
https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/
Pinned
LABF Presents the 2025 Broadcast Historian Award to Gold Dust on the Air: Television Anthology Drama and Midcentury American Culture by Molly Schneider, Columbia College Chicago | BEA - The Broadcast Education Association
Washington, D.C. – The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) is pleased to announce the winner of its 2025 Broadcast Historian Award is Molly Schneider, Columbia College Chicago, for her book, Gold Dust on the Air: Television Anthology Drama and Midcentury American Culture.
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I'm so honored to share that my book, GOLD DUST ON THE AIR, has won the 2025 Broadcast Historian Award from the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation and the Broadcast Education Association!
So now I know at least a couple people have read it 😂.
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So now I know at least a couple people have read it 😂.
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Crowdsource request: Hey, film & TV savvy people! I'm doing a trivia session during our new student welcome event tomorrow, and I'm still writing the questions. If you've got a good trivia question related to film & TV (or media more broadly), sound off in the replies!
August 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Crowdsource request: Hey, film & TV savvy people! I'm doing a trivia session during our new student welcome event tomorrow, and I'm still writing the questions. If you've got a good trivia question related to film & TV (or media more broadly), sound off in the replies!
Hello, colleagues! I'm putting together a proposed #SCMS26 panel on Television and Catastrophe. (I know at least one of you has to be working on Chernobyl, right?) Hope you'll consider sending me a topic proposal!
See my call for panelists here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#SCMSTV #TVSIG
See my call for panelists here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#SCMSTV #TVSIG
August 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hello, colleagues! I'm putting together a proposed #SCMS26 panel on Television and Catastrophe. (I know at least one of you has to be working on Chernobyl, right?) Hope you'll consider sending me a topic proposal!
See my call for panelists here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#SCMSTV #TVSIG
See my call for panelists here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#SCMSTV #TVSIG
Hello, colleagues! I'm putting together a proposed #SCMS26 panel on Television and Catastrophe. (I know at one of you has to be working on Chernobyl, right?) Hope you'll consider sending me a topic proposal! See my call for panelists here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #SCMSTV #TVSIG
August 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hello, colleagues! I'm putting together a proposed #SCMS26 panel on Television and Catastrophe. (I know at one of you has to be working on Chernobyl, right?) Hope you'll consider sending me a topic proposal! See my call for panelists here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #SCMSTV #TVSIG
Tomorrow is the last day of the @utexaspress.bsky.social spring/summer sale, so grab your reads now! What a great opportunity to get ✨Gold Dust on the Air✨ at a sweet discount 😉👍📺. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/
You’ve got ONE MORE DAY to save up to 50% on books you’re sure to love. Head to the link below and shop til your heart & bookshelves are full! Don’t forget to use code UTXSPRING at checkout 🛒📚
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#ReadUP #booksbooksbooks #booksale #sale #booksky
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#ReadUP #booksbooksbooks #booksale #sale #booksky
July 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Tomorrow is the last day of the @utexaspress.bsky.social spring/summer sale, so grab your reads now! What a great opportunity to get ✨Gold Dust on the Air✨ at a sweet discount 😉👍📺. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/
The time has come. I am finally watching THE THORN BIRDS. Required viewing for research on miniseries, especially surrounding the gendered dimensions of "prestige" TV and book adaptation. Here we go!
July 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The time has come. I am finally watching THE THORN BIRDS. Required viewing for research on miniseries, especially surrounding the gendered dimensions of "prestige" TV and book adaptation. Here we go!
I'm having serious FOMO about not applying to Console-ing Passions or the very exciting inaugural Hollywood Conference this year. Ya girl needed a serious break and had to stop herself from applying, but OMG THE FOMO. Hope it's going great, @lucimarz.bsky.social! #HWC2025
July 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I'm having serious FOMO about not applying to Console-ing Passions or the very exciting inaugural Hollywood Conference this year. Ya girl needed a serious break and had to stop herself from applying, but OMG THE FOMO. Hope it's going great, @lucimarz.bsky.social! #HWC2025
I'm rewatching Feud: Bette & Joan, and I forgot how good it is + how many great actors are in it. I haven't made it all the way through Feud: Capote vs. the Swans bc it didn't quite grab me, but this original Bette and Joan season is like the sweet spot in the Ryan Murphy Industrial Complex for me.
July 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm rewatching Feud: Bette & Joan, and I forgot how good it is + how many great actors are in it. I haven't made it all the way through Feud: Capote vs. the Swans bc it didn't quite grab me, but this original Bette and Joan season is like the sweet spot in the Ryan Murphy Industrial Complex for me.
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Precarious scholar? Are you thinking of submitting to #SCMS2026 but no institutional support for membership? Co-chair, grad rep, or on an SCMS committee? Apply for a 2025/26 SCMS membership fee waiver from the PLO! Deadline August 1st!
More here: conta.cc/4lrwcdk
More here: conta.cc/4lrwcdk
July 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Precarious scholar? Are you thinking of submitting to #SCMS2026 but no institutional support for membership? Co-chair, grad rep, or on an SCMS committee? Apply for a 2025/26 SCMS membership fee waiver from the PLO! Deadline August 1st!
More here: conta.cc/4lrwcdk
More here: conta.cc/4lrwcdk
If you're on Academia[dot]edu, heads up that they've started making AI-generated "podcasts" of the work that's uploaded there. It's enabled by default. You have to opt out. Don't play the file. (It believe it's not actually generated until you play it). Just opt out. www.academia.edu/settings#ai-...
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June 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
If you're on Academia[dot]edu, heads up that they've started making AI-generated "podcasts" of the work that's uploaded there. It's enabled by default. You have to opt out. Don't play the file. (It believe it's not actually generated until you play it). Just opt out. www.academia.edu/settings#ai-...
UHHHHH READ THE ROOM, HULU
June 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
UHHHHH READ THE ROOM, HULU
And guess what? @utexaspress.bsky.social is having its annual Spring/Summer sale, so you can get ✨Gold Dust on the Air✨ (and other UT Press books while you're at it) for a nice discount. 40% off print/50% off ebooks with code UTXSPRING. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/ 👀
Congratulations to Molly A. Schneider on receiving the 2025 Broadcast Historian Award from the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation. She received the award for her book Gold Dust on the Air: Television Anthology Drama and Midcentury American Culture (U of Texas Press).
June 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
And guess what? @utexaspress.bsky.social is having its annual Spring/Summer sale, so you can get ✨Gold Dust on the Air✨ (and other UT Press books while you're at it) for a nice discount. 40% off print/50% off ebooks with code UTXSPRING. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/ 👀
Have any of you ever volunteered for Lasagna Love? I'm considering signing up (to cook/deliver) but would love to hear from folks I know who have done it.
June 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Have any of you ever volunteered for Lasagna Love? I'm considering signing up (to cook/deliver) but would love to hear from folks I know who have done it.
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We are pleased to announce the results of our TV SIG Board election! Our new First Year Board Rep will be Ben Kruger-Robbins. Our new Grad Student Rep will be Olivia Stowell. Congrats to both!
Let's also enthusiastically thank all of our candidates for their willingness to serve. 📺 #SCMSTV #TVSIG
Let's also enthusiastically thank all of our candidates for their willingness to serve. 📺 #SCMSTV #TVSIG
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Dr. Molly Schneider
A reminder that voting is underway for our TV SIG Board election! We're electing 2 positions this year: First Year Board Rep and Graduate Student Rep. (Check your email for further details and the link to the voting portal.) Voting will close on Friday, May 16th. #SCMSTV
May 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A reminder that voting is underway for our TV SIG Board election! We're electing 2 positions this year: First Year Board Rep and Graduate Student Rep. (Check your email for further details and the link to the voting portal.) Voting will close on Friday, May 16th. #SCMSTV
Hey, guess what? @utexaspress.bsky.social is having their annual Spring/Summer sale! What an amazing time to grab yourself some fun summer beach reads, like ✨GOLD DUST ON THE AIR✨! 🏖📘😉
Use the code UTXSPRING for 40% off print books and 50% off ebooks. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/
Use the code UTXSPRING for 40% off print books and 50% off ebooks. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/
Gold Dust on the Air
2025 Broadcast Historian Award, Library of American Broadcasting FoundationHow mid-century television anthologies reflected and shaped US values and identiti...
utpress.utexas.edu
May 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Hey, guess what? @utexaspress.bsky.social is having their annual Spring/Summer sale! What an amazing time to grab yourself some fun summer beach reads, like ✨GOLD DUST ON THE AIR✨! 🏖📘😉
Use the code UTXSPRING for 40% off print books and 50% off ebooks. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/
Use the code UTXSPRING for 40% off print books and 50% off ebooks. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/
Always fun to see student papers that cite so many of my brilliant friends and colleagues. I do not always successfully resist the urge to write, "OMG I just saw her at a conference and she's awesome." 🤓
May 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Always fun to see student papers that cite so many of my brilliant friends and colleagues. I do not always successfully resist the urge to write, "OMG I just saw her at a conference and she's awesome." 🤓
Reposted by Dr. Molly Schneider
Voting is now open for our TV SIG Board election!
We're electing 2 positions this year: First Year Board Rep and Graduate Student Rep.
Voting will close on Friday, May 16th. (Check your email for the link.)
We're electing 2 positions this year: First Year Board Rep and Graduate Student Rep.
Voting will close on Friday, May 16th. (Check your email for the link.)
May 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Voting is now open for our TV SIG Board election!
We're electing 2 positions this year: First Year Board Rep and Graduate Student Rep.
Voting will close on Friday, May 16th. (Check your email for the link.)
We're electing 2 positions this year: First Year Board Rep and Graduate Student Rep.
Voting will close on Friday, May 16th. (Check your email for the link.)
I've been so pumped to see so many colleagues posting about amazing things they're doing & receiving much-deserved recognition for! Also want to acknowledge that behind the milestones, cool events & honors is SO MUCH work, and often frustration, inequitable workloads, & unseen labor. I SEE YOU. 💚
April 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I've been so pumped to see so many colleagues posting about amazing things they're doing & receiving much-deserved recognition for! Also want to acknowledge that behind the milestones, cool events & honors is SO MUCH work, and often frustration, inequitable workloads, & unseen labor. I SEE YOU. 💚
Shameless new pub alert! Check out my article "A ‘Solution to an Ongoing TV Problem’: The Rebooted Limited Series as Quality TV Format" in the latest issue of New Review of Film and Television Studies.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A ‘solution to an ongoing TV problem’: the rebooted limited series as quality TV format
The current trend of the seasonally rebooted ‘limited series’ in U.S. television has found much acclaim, in large part owing to the ways it capitalizes on many of the advantages of both the ‘qualit...
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April 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Shameless new pub alert! Check out my article "A ‘Solution to an Ongoing TV Problem’: The Rebooted Limited Series as Quality TV Format" in the latest issue of New Review of Film and Television Studies.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
12 days after I first had flu symptoms, I'm still not 100%. Acute flu-like symptoms mostly gone, but still don't feel great, still have a cough, and still just exhausted. I have so much to catch up on, but just doing the grocery shopping this morning wore me out. That #SCMS25 flu, y'all. 🥴
April 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
12 days after I first had flu symptoms, I'm still not 100%. Acute flu-like symptoms mostly gone, but still don't feel great, still have a cough, and still just exhausted. I have so much to catch up on, but just doing the grocery shopping this morning wore me out. That #SCMS25 flu, y'all. 🥴
A reminder that self-nominations are open for our upcoming TV SIG Board Election! We're electing a First Year Rep and a Grad Student Rep. Interested in running? Please send a 100-word bio and a 200ish-word nominating statement to Molly by Friday. (Check your email for details.) #SCMSTV
April 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Send me your self-nominations! (Or if you know someone who would make a great board member, encourage them to self-nominate!) #SCMSTV #TVSIG
A reminder that self-nominations are open for our upcoming TV SIG Board Election! We're electing a First Year Rep and a Grad Student Rep. Interested in running? Please send a 100-word bio and a 200ish-word nominating statement to Molly by Friday. (Check your email for details.) #SCMSTV
April 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This year's conference bug was apparently the flu, because OMG 🤒. Influenza A over here. (I masked in Denver but didn't the past 2 years, and that bit me in the ass this time.) Still loved seeing y'all though! #SCMS25
April 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This year's conference bug was apparently the flu, because OMG 🤒. Influenza A over here. (I masked in Denver but didn't the past 2 years, and that bit me in the ass this time.) Still loved seeing y'all though! #SCMS25
Welp, I caught some kind of demon cold, prob at SCMS. It hit me later in the evening on Saturday, after I was already in Las Vegas for a different conference. So I benched myself yesterday, and now I'm at the LV airport, masked + medicated up to my ears, and ready to get home and crash. #VegasBaby
April 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Welp, I caught some kind of demon cold, prob at SCMS. It hit me later in the evening on Saturday, after I was already in Las Vegas for a different conference. So I benched myself yesterday, and now I'm at the LV airport, masked + medicated up to my ears, and ready to get home and crash. #VegasBaby