Article:
A Vicious Viewership: Transatlantic Television Audiences and LGBTQ Identities

Author(s): Kies, Bridget

Abstract

This paper uses the series VICIOUS (2013–2016), which aired on the British network ITV and the American noncommercial network PBS, as a case study in transatlantic reception for LGBTQ content. I draw on critical reception for the series, the star personae of lead actors Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen, and studies of American perceptions of British masculinities. The varied reception for the series, understood through the networks’ economic models and cultural constructions of masculinities, reveals how notions of “quality” and “social progress” change as canned television travels to different national contexts.

Download icon

Published in:

Preferred Citation
BibTex
Kies, Bridget: A Vicious Viewership: Transatlantic Television Audiences and LGBTQ Identities. In: VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture, Jg. 9 (2020), Nr. 17, S. 134-145. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/15358.
@ARTICLE{Kies2020,
 author = {Kies, Bridget},
 title = {A Vicious Viewership: Transatlantic Television Audiences and LGBTQ Identities},
 year = 2020,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/15358}",
 volume = 9,
 address = {Hilversum},
 journal = {VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture},
 number = 17,
 pages = {134--145},
}
license icon

As long as there is no further specification, the item is under the following license: Creative Commons - Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen