SCMS TV SIG
@scms-tv.bsky.social
SCMS Television Scholarly Interest Group. Sharing posts, CFPs and info about tv studies.
UPCOMING EVENT: Join the SCMS TV SIG, Taylor Cole Miller, and Alfred L. Martin, Jr. for "A Chat About GOLDEN GIRLS: TALES FROM THE LANAI" on Thursday, November 6, at 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT. Check your email or DM for the event link! #scmstv @scmstudies.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
UPCOMING EVENT: Join the SCMS TV SIG, Taylor Cole Miller, and Alfred L. Martin, Jr. for "A Chat About GOLDEN GIRLS: TALES FROM THE LANAI" on Thursday, November 6, at 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT. Check your email or DM for the event link! #scmstv @scmstudies.bsky.social
Call for Papers: Université de Valenciennes conference on PEAKY BLINDERS. Proposals due October 12, 2025. See details below!
October 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Call for Papers: Université de Valenciennes conference on PEAKY BLINDERS. Proposals due October 12, 2025. See details below!
Please congratulate your new board (as of July 1st)! @kaytilausch.bsky.social will move up to Sr. Co-Chair. Matt Boyd Smith will move up to Jr. Co-Chair. @bkrugerr.bsky.social will be our incoming First Year Board Rep. And Olivia Stowell is our incoming Grad Student Rep. Go team! #scmstv
June 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Please congratulate your new board (as of July 1st)! @kaytilausch.bsky.social will move up to Sr. Co-Chair. Matt Boyd Smith will move up to Jr. Co-Chair. @bkrugerr.bsky.social will be our incoming First Year Board Rep. And Olivia Stowell is our incoming Grad Student Rep. Go team! #scmstv
Hello, TV SIG! Molly here! Today is my final day as a board member, so I'd like to say thank you to this great community of scholars. It's been wonderful serving on the board and seeing some of the amazing work our colleagues are doing (including our graduate students)! #scmstv +
June 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hello, TV SIG! Molly here! Today is my final day as a board member, so I'd like to say thank you to this great community of scholars. It's been wonderful serving on the board and seeing some of the amazing work our colleagues are doing (including our graduate students)! #scmstv +
Please join us in congratulating the winner and runners-up of the 2025 TV Studies SIG Graduate Student Essay Contest! Emmanuel Ramos-Barajas's winning essay, “Formulaic Frontiers” will be published in an upcoming issue of the New Review of Film and Television Journal!
June 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Please join us in congratulating the winner and runners-up of the 2025 TV Studies SIG Graduate Student Essay Contest! Emmanuel Ramos-Barajas's winning essay, “Formulaic Frontiers” will be published in an upcoming issue of the New Review of Film and Television Journal!
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
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
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.)
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 7:52 PM
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
Happy Last Day of #SCMS, everyone! As you wrap up your time here, be sure to check out the following panels featuring members of the TV SIG! #scms25 #scmstv #tvstudies
April 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy Last Day of #SCMS, everyone! As you wrap up your time here, be sure to check out the following panels featuring members of the TV SIG! #scms25 #scmstv #tvstudies
AND WE’RE LIVE! Happening now, “O14-‘I (Still) Want My MTV!’: Tracing the Channel’s Past, Present, and Future” chaired by @amandaannklein.bsky.social with presentations from the chair, Ethan Thompson, Laurel Westrup, and @alyxvesey.bsky.social. #scms #scms25 #scmstv #tvstudies
April 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
AND WE’RE LIVE! Happening now, “O14-‘I (Still) Want My MTV!’: Tracing the Channel’s Past, Present, and Future” chaired by @amandaannklein.bsky.social with presentations from the chair, Ethan Thompson, Laurel Westrup, and @alyxvesey.bsky.social. #scms #scms25 #scmstv #tvstudies
As a SIG, our members are doing such great work that we have an excess of excellence preventing us from "officially" sponsoring all the panels submitted so we want shout out panels that we could not include in our "official" list of sponsored panels. #scms #scms2025 #scmstv #tvstudies
April 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
As a SIG, our members are doing such great work that we have an excess of excellence preventing us from "officially" sponsoring all the panels submitted so we want shout out panels that we could not include in our "official" list of sponsored panels. #scms #scms2025 #scmstv #tvstudies
Please join us in congratulating the panelists from the TV SIG's sponsored panels who presented their thoughtful and insightful work yesterday, Day 1, of the 2025 #SCMS Annual Conference in Chicago! #scms25 #scmstv #mediastudies #tvstudies
April 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Please join us in congratulating the panelists from the TV SIG's sponsored panels who presented their thoughtful and insightful work yesterday, Day 1, of the 2025 #SCMS Annual Conference in Chicago! #scms25 #scmstv #mediastudies #tvstudies
The TV SIG is excited to invite you to attend our social hour at @scmstudies.bsky.social annual conference in Chicago! Join us at The Exchequer on Friday April 4th from 5:00-7:00pm. Look for the "On Air" sign to find us! #scms #scms25 #scms2025 #scmstv #tvstudies
March 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The TV SIG is excited to invite you to attend our social hour at @scmstudies.bsky.social annual conference in Chicago! Join us at The Exchequer on Friday April 4th from 5:00-7:00pm. Look for the "On Air" sign to find us! #scms #scms25 #scms2025 #scmstv #tvstudies
As discussed at our annual meeting, the TV SIG is moving to change the"Faculty Rep" title.
Before our upcoming election, we would like to take a quick poll to gauge member opinion on the proposed new title.
Please check your email for a link to the survey. (Submit by Monday -- March 31st.) Thanks!
Before our upcoming election, we would like to take a quick poll to gauge member opinion on the proposed new title.
Please check your email for a link to the survey. (Submit by Monday -- March 31st.) Thanks!
March 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
As discussed at our annual meeting, the TV SIG is moving to change the"Faculty Rep" title.
Before our upcoming election, we would like to take a quick poll to gauge member opinion on the proposed new title.
Please check your email for a link to the survey. (Submit by Monday -- March 31st.) Thanks!
Before our upcoming election, we would like to take a quick poll to gauge member opinion on the proposed new title.
Please check your email for a link to the survey. (Submit by Monday -- March 31st.) Thanks!
E11 "Useful Television: Expanding Understanding of the Medium through Alternative Histories"
R19 "Doing Political History with TV: How and Why to Use TV Texts as Primary Source Material"
R19 "Doing Political History with TV: How and Why to Use TV Texts as Primary Source Material"
January 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
E11 "Useful Television: Expanding Understanding of the Medium through Alternative Histories"
R19 "Doing Political History with TV: How and Why to Use TV Texts as Primary Source Material"
R19 "Doing Political History with TV: How and Why to Use TV Texts as Primary Source Material"
E17 "Badge and Screen: Deconstructing Police Narratives in Popular Television"
D17 "Uncomfortable Couples: Television and Interracial Sex"
D17 "Uncomfortable Couples: Television and Interracial Sex"
January 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
E17 "Badge and Screen: Deconstructing Police Narratives in Popular Television"
D17 "Uncomfortable Couples: Television and Interracial Sex"
D17 "Uncomfortable Couples: Television and Interracial Sex"
E01 "Re-Imagining the K-Drama: Memory, Sexuality, and Desire"
C11 "Women Showrunners in Contemporary Television: Authorship and Representation"
C11 "Women Showrunners in Contemporary Television: Authorship and Representation"
January 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
E01 "Re-Imagining the K-Drama: Memory, Sexuality, and Desire"
C11 "Women Showrunners in Contemporary Television: Authorship and Representation"
C11 "Women Showrunners in Contemporary Television: Authorship and Representation"
B17 "Shifting Sector Strategies Outside the US: Scripted Series in the UK, Australia, and Canada"
Q09 "Adaptation & Gamification: Asian Media and the Transnational Market"
Q09 "Adaptation & Gamification: Asian Media and the Transnational Market"
January 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
B17 "Shifting Sector Strategies Outside the US: Scripted Series in the UK, Australia, and Canada"
Q09 "Adaptation & Gamification: Asian Media and the Transnational Market"
Q09 "Adaptation & Gamification: Asian Media and the Transnational Market"
#SCMS friends and colleagues! The TV SIG is excited to share the list of our sponsored panels for the upcoming SCMS 2025 conference in Chicago! Be on the lookout for the following panels:
January 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#SCMS friends and colleagues! The TV SIG is excited to share the list of our sponsored panels for the upcoming SCMS 2025 conference in Chicago! Be on the lookout for the following panels:
Hey, TV SIG! A reminder that we have 2 applications due on Friday:
-TV SIG Conference Panel Sponsorship Application
-TV SIG Conference Travel Grant Application
You can find the links to the applications in the informational emails we sent out, or in our Facebook group.
#scms #scms25 #scmstv
-TV SIG Conference Panel Sponsorship Application
-TV SIG Conference Travel Grant Application
You can find the links to the applications in the informational emails we sent out, or in our Facebook group.
#scms #scms25 #scmstv
January 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
SCMS/TV Studies Folks!!! We want to remind everyone of the SCMS Television Studies Scholarly Interest Group 2025 Graduate Student Essay Contest! #scms #scms25 #scmstv #tv #tvstudies #gradstudents #mediastudies
December 27, 2024 at 6:04 PM
SCMS/TV Studies Folks!!! We want to remind everyone of the SCMS Television Studies Scholarly Interest Group 2025 Graduate Student Essay Contest! #scms #scms25 #scmstv #tv #tvstudies #gradstudents #mediastudies
And we're live! We're excited to announce our return to social media! Make sure to give us a follow for more information and updates on all things TV Scholarly Interest Group and SCMS! #SCMSTV #TVSIG #televisionstudies #scms
December 3, 2024 at 8:14 PM
And we're live! We're excited to announce our return to social media! Make sure to give us a follow for more information and updates on all things TV Scholarly Interest Group and SCMS! #SCMSTV #TVSIG #televisionstudies #scms