television Archives

Channel Switching: Dara Birnbaum

08/07/2021

Interview with pioneer video/media artist Dara Birnbaum. ...

The Capitalist Mindwash and Oprah For President

01/02/2018

Enough of the rags to riches celebrity graft narrative - Oprah for President? Please, no....

The Many Uses of Dead Baby Whales

29/11/2017

Blue Planet II's weekly reminder that you are a sh*t...

Entertainment TV and Populist Voters: The (somewhat obvious) Link

28/03/2017

People exposed to entertainment television are more likely to vote for populist politicians...

Can You Die From Watching TV?

28/07/2016

Excessive daily TV watching may increase risk of death ...

Do You Want Shinier Computer Graphics? You Got ‘Em

22/07/2016

UCSD technicians unveil new techniques for creating shiny computer graphics for film, games and TV. Report...

All Wrong: the misguided adventures of an art world hero (Grayson Perry)

26/05/2016

The roving potter lines up his newest quaint exhibits: the northern working classes...

The Damage Television Does to Your Kids: Proven!

02/10/2015

Falling TVs causing increasing number of severe neck and head injuries in children ...

TV at its most cynical. The Magician’s Apprentice (Doctor Who)

23/09/2015

Audience figures for Saturday night’s mess are the lowest ever for a Who series opener. You’d think they would have got the hint....

A Talent Show Without the Talent? X Factor Returns… Again

29/07/2015

Even after so many years of being served up candy floss, there are still so many people thinking, in all honesty, that it has something to do with musical talent, vocal prowess or even the nursing of...

Piling it On : Television and Obese Children

27/04/2015

Kindergartners and first-graders who watched as little as one hour of television a day were more likely to be overweight or obese ...

A promotional picture of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, amended

Charlie Brooker is Rubbish – A Meditation

09/01/2014

Brooker’s nosedive into Planet Shite was neither inevitable nor certain. We all get older, but we don’t have to get old....

Breaking Bad: The Aesthetics of Aspirational Evil

27/09/2013

Vince Gilligan has said in interviews that Breaking Bad started as an idea of creating show in which a sympathetic protagonist became a terrifying antagonist. Revisiting the show, this becomes clear....

Big Bird and Your Brain

25/01/2013

Using brain scans of children and adults watching Big Bird on Sesame Street, cognitive scientists are learning how children's brains change as they develop intellectual abilities like reading and...