Brevity and the Short Form in Serial Television

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Notes on the Contributors

Introduction
Shannon Wells-Lassagne, Sylvaine Bataille and Florence Cabaret

Part 1: Confirming - and Deconstructing - Television Traditions of Brevity
1. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Subverting Anthology TV Series
Julien Achemchame
2. The Jewel in the Crown: A Miniseries between Short and Long
Florence Cabaret
3. Short Middle Ages: Comic Dramatization of Rhythm in French Shortcom Kaamelott
Justine Breton
4. Short but Serious? Slimming Down the Episode in 'Prestige' Drama Homecoming
Sylvaine Bataille
5. Twin Peaks, 25 Years Later: Whatever Happens Happens Now, and Nothing Else Matters
Benjamin Campion
Part 2: New Media and New Forms: Web-series, Streaming Platforms and the Short Form
6. Orders of Magnitude: Fractality and Granularity in Contemporary Television Series
Florent Favard
7. 'Minute by Minute': Short Form Deriality and Social Viewing and Waiting in SKAM
Sara Tanderup Linkis
8. Narrative Efficiency and the Constraints of the Short Form in Les Engages
Stephane Sawas
9. Crisis on Earth X or the Status of the Crossover Event
Claire Cornillon
Part 3: Blurring Boundaries: Production, Paratexts and Reception of the Short Form
10. Loops, Bottles and Clips: Structuring Brevity in American Television
Shannon Wells-Lassagne
11. Ovulate and Repeat: Temporal Uncertainties and the Serialising Effect of Narratives of 'Women's Time' in the Sitcom Friends
Jessica Thrasher
12. 'Spoilers Ahead!': Short-circuiting Complex Series in Explainer Online Videos
Sebastien Lefait
13. Writing En therapie: A Conversation with Vincent Poymiro
Sylvaine Bataille, Florence Cabaret, and Shannon Wells-Lassagne with Vincent Poymiro

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