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2019

Nov

'BACK TO LIFE' SKATES ARTFULLY ALONG THE EDGE OF DARK COMEDY AND DRAMA By Kim Akass

If you enjoyed Fleabag, you need to give this series a go...

2019

Oct

TAKING A PEAK AT 'PEAKY BLINDERS' By Kim Akass

I find myself in the unusual position of having watched a whole season of a series before it even premieres in the US...

2019

Jul

ARE AMERICANS READY FOR MUGGING PEOPLE OFF ON 'LOVE ISLAND'? By Kim Akass

So, CBS has snapped up ITV2's reality extravaganza, Love Island. Currently in Season 5, Love Island has become the UK show to watch over the long summer months and counts such British luminaries as Jeremy Corbyn, Adele, and Stormzy among its fans...

2013

Nov

WHOSE 'WHO'? - A BRIT SCHOLAR PROUDLY EMBRACES 'DOCTOR WHO' By Kim Akass

It seemed a bright idea at the time: Why not hold a 50^th anniversary conference, bringing together as many scholars as possible to investigate and celebrate The Doctor?...

2012

Oct

THE DARK SIDE OF A BRITISH TV ICON By Kim Akass

TV Worth Watching's UK correspondent Kim Akass reports on the epic scandal rocking the BBC as the shocked nation learns that late TV personality Jimmy Sevile is believed to have sexually abused more than 300 underage girls...

2012

May

THE VOICE U.K. -- IS IT O.K.? By Kim Akass

Kim Akass reports from England about the BBC's version of The Voice -- the one with Tom Jones as a judge, and a talent show that's making quite a splash on the other side of the pond...

2012

Mar

'MAD MEN' IN ENGLAND: ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SKY, AND WHY TO BE 'MAD AS HELL' AT RUPERT MURDOCH By Kim Akass

TV WORTH WATCHING guest columnist Kim Akass takes the occasion of the Season 5 premiere of AMC's Mad Men in the States, and its impending premiere Tuesday on Great Britain's Sky satellite network, to explain why she's mad as hell...

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Kim Akass

KIM AKASS is Professor of Radio, Television and Film at Rowan University. She is co-editor and contributor to Reading Sex and the City, Reading Six Feet Under: TV To Die For, Quality TV: Contemporary American TV and Beyond, and many other edited collections. She is a founding editor of the television journal Critical Studies in Television and managing editor of the website CSTonline (Twitter). Her new book, From Here to Maternity: Representations of Motherhood in the Media is planned for 2020-21.

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