Bridgerton - Amanda Rae Prescott

May 19, 2021

Untangling How UK TV Airs Stateside Pt 2

Industry Deep Dives A Discovery of Witches, A Suitable Boy, Amazon Prime, Anthony, BlackAdder, Bridgerton, Call The Midwife, Conversations With Friends, Downton Abbey, Ghosts, Harlots, HBO Max, Hulu, I Hate Suzie, I May Destroy You, Keeping Faith, Mammoth Screen, Masterpiece PBS, McDonald and Dodds, McMafia, Netflix, Normal People, Noughts + Crosses, Outlander, Small Axe, The Crown, The Cry, The Great, The Nevers, The Serpent, Vanity Fair, Victoria 0

Part 2 of this series on how UK TV airs in the US explains which US networks and streamers license or co-produce UK TV and why it takes a year for new shows to premiere.

Crystal Clarke as Georgiana Lambe on Sanditon Season 1

May 6, 2021

Sanditon’s Renewal Is Not A Reward For Racism And Fake Fandom News

Anti-Bigotry Bridgerton, Masterpiece PBS, Sanditon

Although fans are celebrating the renewal of Sanditon for 2 additional seasons, this joy comes at the cost of dealing with racism and the toxicity of the renewal campaign on social media.

Promo photo of Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz from The Favourite

January 3, 2021

Period Drama Discourse: Fandom Bias Against Open Door Sex Scenes

Uncategorized Bridgerton, content ratings, Cranford, Downton Abbey, Gentleman Jack, Grantchester, Harlots, homophobia in fandom, morality/religion bias in fandom, Outlander, period drama discourse, Poldark, racism in fandom, The Favorite 0

I’ve been a member of Facebook period drama/Anglophile TV fan groups and followed Twitter discussions on and off since 2015 and have documented via Twitter a lot of observations about current trends. One of the many things I’m going to use this blog for is to have more space for the discourse/analyzing fandom threads. One […]