Assignermnt: Extra Credit

Time to strike the set

Your extra-credit assignment asks that you reflect upon a semester's worth of reading and writing about television. What about the subject matter struck you as most interesting? What surprised you? Did you change your mind about any particular aspect of TV? Were any preconceived notions of yours changed or challenged? In a reflection-style response, consider the experience of studying various aspects of television in an English composition class.

Required:

• MLA Style
• Must be exactly two-full pages in length

Worth up to 10 extra-credit pts.

Due: Friday, May 18th by noon via email

Week 16: I Love Lucy (CBS, 1951-57)

In-class: Course review

TV News 05.07.12

The King of All Media invades America's Got Talent

• Watch out: Howard Stern comes to America's Got Talent E!
• $250,000: What Lionsgate is said to have paid to use a Beatles song in last night's Mad Men Wall Street Journal 
• No, really: Catholic group honors Modern Family Chicago Tribune
• The Beastie Boys: Five great TV moments GlobalPost
• CBS to ABC: The Glass House is a Big Brother rip-off Huffington Post 
• Life without cable TV—it can happen! San Jose Mercury News 

 

Week 16: Leave It to Beaver (CBS, ABC 1957 - 1963)

Tu 5.8
In-Class: Final exam prep; Lecture—“The Final Exam: Thesis Strategies”

Th 5.10
In-Class: Final exam prep

Fri 5.11*

In-Class: Final exam prep; Lecture—“The Final Exam: Thesis Strategies;”Course review

*This is the final class meeting for Sec. 49

Sa 5.12

FINAL EXAM: 8 AM, SH100—Bring: 1 large yellow book, pens, and a print dictionary. No electronic devices allowed during the exam.

Week 17: I Love Lucy

Tu 5.15
In-class: Course review

TV News 05.02.12

• Ashton Kutcher under fire for going "brownfaced" in ad Yahoo!
• Glee star collapses on red carpet E! 
• Move over Hulu and Netflix: Amazon to begin producing original programming San Francisco Business Times
• The need for speed: DVRs changing the ways shows are put together Salon
• A look back at the days of NBC's "Must See TV" Christian Science Monitor
• Lifetime aims to be more inspirational with new logo and tagline MarketWatch

Week 15: Felicity (The WB, 1998 - 2002)

Tu 5.1
Class: Watch—“Man of the House” from America on Primetime (2011)

Th 5.3
Class: Lecture—“The Pieces Come Together: Writing as a Process"
Due: EDITORIAL ESSAY; REFLECTION 8

Fr 5.4
Class: Watch—“Man of the House” from America on Primetime (2011); Lecture—“The Pieces Come Together: Writing as a Process,” “Speed Dates: Thesis Statements”
Due: EDITORIAL ESSAY; REFLECTION 8

Upcoming:

Week 16: Leave It to Beaver
Tu 5.8
In-Class: Final exam prep; Lecture—“The Final Exam: Thesis Strategies”

Th 5.10
In-Class: Final exam prep

Fri 5.11*

In-Class: Final exam prep; Lecture—“The Final Exam: Thesis Strategies;”Course review

*This is the final class meeting for Sec. 49

Sa 5.12

FINAL EXAM: 8 AM, LOCATION TBD

Week 17: I Love Lucy

Tu 5.15
In-class: Course review

TV News 04.27.11

Girls is one of many all-white casts currently on TV

• Is TV too white? New York Times
• They won't go away: The Kardashians get a new three-year deal Hollywood Reporter
• Carrie Bradshaw's townhouse from Sex and the City sells for nearly $10 million US Weekly 
• Coming soon to TLC: Obese & Expecting Entertainment Weekly
• Netflix hurting Nickelodeon shows SlashGear
• Even less Americans are watching TV Washington Post