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Today on All Of It: Michael R. Jackson’s new musical, “White Girl in Danger.” Then, media professor Elana Levine discusses the enduring popularity of soap operas. After, we air the highlights of March Get Lit with author Rebecca Makkai and singer-songwriter Dar Williams! At noon WNYC 🎙!

There are some amazing call-ins during this radio segment I did today WNYC 🎙 The Enduring Popularity of Soap Operas wnyc.org/story/enduring…

Good thread!

digital sub-channel/streamer Retro TV digitizing 1967-1980 episodes of daytime soap The Doctors from TWO INCH tape. Almost no one else, commercial or non-profit archive, is doing this kind of thing. This is a great overview of their process. youtube.com/watch?v=ZdB263…

From serial film cliffhangers to online storytelling, a new batch of articles in JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies's rolling Fifth Issue is here with five new articles on a range of topics! JCMS 62.5 is fully open access and will be available on MUSE soon! 🎬💻 quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/oa-issue

Amazing pieces by Elana Levine, Finley Freibert @finleyfreibert.bsky.social, @violetbooth, Sami Atassi, Dr. Deborah Allison, Jordan Sjol, Loren Pilcher (they/them), Charlotte E. Howell and Joyce B. Howell, Vikrant Dadawala, and Hye Jean Chung!

Happy to share a long-gestating publication in JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies about "web soaps," through which I trace the early history of TV storytelling online. quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/idx…

It was so great to participate in this conversation. Be sure to check out Timeka Tounsel's great book!

I think that may be the best episode of a daytime soap I’ve ever seen. Such a deep grasp of why we are watching. Wow. #GH

The Gates is the first new US daytime soap since 1999. And it’s focused on the wealthy Black elites? People have been asking for a black soap for years and the NAACP is involved. This is a huge fucking deal. #TheGates

soapoperadigest.com/content/new-da… Did not think there would ever be a new daytime soap again. Wowza

Pumped for our panel tomorrow, sponsored by the shiny new Television and Radio History SIG! Featuring Elana Levine Carol Stabile and yours truly. #SCMSTV #SCMSTVRHistory (Totally made up that hashtag) #SCMS24 (Will also post a text list in the following tweets.)

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So lovely that the Console-ing Passions conference later this month has named the presentation rooms after the CP founders! #CPBloom

Hey, Dr. Brandy MP, you made it to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel jsonline.com/story/entertai…