Format Forward covers unscripted TV format development, from market data and MIPCOM analysis to weekly lists of confirmed format commissions. It also offers practical guidance for pitching formats to commissioners, written by a former BBC head of light entertainment and international formats.
Website: https://www.formatforward.com/
TV critic Alan Sepinwall publishes episode recaps, season reviews and weekly check-ins covering current prestige television, along with podcast and anniversary pieces. Readers get spoiler-filled critical analysis plus a roundup of his recent work elsewhere.
Weekly essays by author A.R. Moxon mixing political commentary with fiction and pop-culture analysis, including a monthly satirical walkthrough of the TV series LOST. Readers get a strongly opinionated, morally driven take on American politics, media ownership and culture.
A personal column by novelist Nick Hornby covering music, books, film, TV and football through memoir and cultural reflection. Readers get essays that start from a small memory or recent release and open out into wider observations.
Media scholar Amanda Lotz shares research-based analysis of how people actually use and make media in the twenty-first century, drawing on interviews, surveys and her published work. Readers get evidence-led challenges to conventional thinking about social media, streaming and the media industries.
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