ABC comedy series White Fever highlights a type of racism that is nuanced and hard to detect, but is just as harmful to people of colour.
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Bluey’s widespread appeal can be considered a symptom of the slow decline of age-based viewing.
From Dance Academy to Wentworth, Australian TV experienced a boom of queer representation over the 2000s and 2010s.
Love is in the air with three of this month’s picks. But if you’re looking for something colder and darker, we’ve got that covered too.
Many children’s educational shows undergo pre-screening to make sure each episode delivers its intended message. Adult viewers watching alongside kids can help ensure the lessons are well received.
We’re all familiar with a green ‘G’ or a red ‘MA’ on a movie poster, but those ratings don’t have any basis in what we know about child development. They’d be much more useful for parents if they did.
The death of Matthew Perry has seen old and new fans reflect on the legacy of a television classic.
Publishers and studios routinely pay large sums to acquire ‘life story rights.’ Two law scholars explain why the phrase is misleading.
Set in the fictional town of Kilkinure in western Ireland, the BBC drama captures the story of an unmarried mother who was formerly detained in a Magdalene Laundry.
Compared to the dopamine-fest of season one, Josh and Melissa’s situation in season two feels bleak.
The contestants’ relationships with nature clearly shape their actions. As armchair experts, each of us may reflect on our own relationship with nature and how we would act in the same situation.
Seeing Japanese parents send toddlers out on their own to do errands has shocked viewers. But not that long ago our neighbourhoods were also child-friendly, and we can make them so again.
In ABC’s ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Philadelphia schoolteachers go above and beyond for their students – just like real-life urban schoolteachers do every day, says one scholar.
A contrast to the bumbling and immature fathers commonly found on sitcoms, Bob Saget’s character on ‘Full House’ reflected a shift in expectations of fatherhood that began in the late 1970s.
The classic cop show is now a problematic genre, but if it can change, then perhaps real world policing can too.
In the war to secure exclusive content, the ability to invest in the acquisition or production of original content has become crucial ammunition.
During a pandemic, what would MacGyver do? He’d cobble together masks and ventilators from the things around him. Now health-care workers are doing the same. But there are risks.
Since medieval times, animals have been used by storytellers to teach humans about themselves.
Mr Bean made its television debut on January 1 1990. Thirty years on, the pilot episode still captures all that is great about Rowan Atkinson’s character.
The persistence of this trope might say something about the barriers women in media continue to face.
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