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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

CROWDSOURCE REQUEST: We're doing film and television trivia for our new student orientation day, and I need some fresh questions! Anything related to film and/or television. Not super-duper obscure ideally, but can be a mix of easier questions and more challenging questions. Got any good ones?

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Did an interview for the podcast "The Callback with Lauren Allen," which takes a historical look at works that have won Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and Tonys. It was a fun time talking about this early anthology episode that won the very first Emmy. Check it out! youtu.be/uvQqmaEPT3U?...

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hey, media studies folks! Just a reminder that today is our (official) deadline for chapter proposals for Atomic TV. Send us those ideas, friends! CFP: tinyurl.com/3f4f9axy #AtomicTV @scms-tv.bsky.social @tv-radio-history.bsky.social @warstudiessig.bsky.social @misig-scms.bsky.social

An image of a flyer advertising a Call for Chapter Proposals for an edited collection called Atomic TV. It shows an orange and pink retro television with yellow stars. It notes that the proposal deadline is June 15th.

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Hey, guess what? @utexaspress.bsky.social is having its annual summer sale. What a great time to pick up ✨Gold Dust on the Air✨as your summer beach read 😅. Grab some other UT Press books while you're at it! 40% off print and 50% off ebooks with the code UTXSUMMER. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/

An image of the cover of the book Gold Dust on the Air: Television Anthology Drama and Midcentury American Culture, by Moll A. Schneider. It has a black and white television and black text over a turquoise background with white and gold stars.

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Hey, media studies folks! Sending out a reminder as our proposal deadline approaches. We hope you'll consider submitting a proposal for our edited collection on #AtomicTV! tinyurl.com/3f4f9axy @tv-radio-history.bsky.social @scms-tv.bsky.social @misig-scms.bsky.social @warstudiessig.bsky.social

A call for chapter proposals over an orange and pink retro television set. Text reads: Call for Chapter Proposals: Atomic TV. Proposals due June 15th.

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I've been seeing a lot of Waymo driverless cars around LA, and today I had to change lanes in front of one, and I was hesitating for a moment, wondering whether this thing was going to recognize my blinker and let me in. It did. But I had to ask a robot permission to change lanes today, you guys. 🫩

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Listen, when you're walking around Los Feliz and the universe leads you to the House of Pies, by gum you abide. 🤩

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A photo of the pie case and menu at House of Pies

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Ahh yes, the age-old research trip packing conundrum: hot climate, but frigid archives/libraries/venues. Strategizing modular layers + suitcase physics is a delicate science. #ArchiveFever

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

We're finally actually putting some art on the walls in our new place, so I got to unwrap this beauty. Original lobby poster for Summer Stock (MGM, 1950). My favorite parts are the little creases and details in the corners. #MediaArchaeology

A lobby poster for the movie Summer Stock (MGM, 1950)

The corner of a poster for the movie Summer Stock, with faint words saying Copyright 1950 Loew's Incorporated

The bottom edge of a poster for the movie Summer Stock, with a union label reading Allied Printing Trade Council, Essex County

The bottom right corner of a poster for the movie Summer Stock, with a print number of 50/545, and including text reading: Property of National Screen Service Corp. Licensed for display only in connection with the exhibition of this picture at your theatre. Must be returned immediately thereafter.

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

LA friends! I'll be in town for most of May for research. Would love to see some folks if you're around!

A still image from the movie Shrek 2. It depicts the character Donkey surrounded by palm trees and amazed at Rodeo Drive.

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I ordered the DVD set of the FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON miniseries so I could have some of the special features, and my word, what a holographic monument to the golden age of collector's edition DVD sets. 😂 #MediaArchaeology

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I'm rewatching FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, but did not realize that the episode I downloaded to watch on the plane was all about the Apollo 1 fire that killed 3 astronauts trapped inside the module during testing. Great airplane watching. 😬 I'm sure my seatmates thought I was a horrible ghoul.

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I'm off to Vegas for the Broadcast Education Association conference. It's part of the big NAB Show, which is kind of a trip. Doing a panel on teaching TV History in the Streaming Era with Nora Patterson and Kyra Hunting! Also gonna carve out time for the Punk Rock Museum and the Neon Museum. ✨

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

So of course the day after everyone leaves town from #SCMS26, it's 79F and sunny in Chicago. As usual, March weather in the Chi is straight petty. 😂

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

A million thanks to everyone who made #SCMS26 happen, including SCMS staff and committee members, hotel staff, vendors, etc. Your labor is visible and appreciated!

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Awesome to see everyone at #SCMS26! Thanks for the exciting work, the commiseration, and the care in times of uncertainty.

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Last panel slot! Local folks who don't have to get to the airport gotta take it over the finish line. Let's do this. 👍 #SCMS26

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

One more plug for our roundtable at 5:15pm! #SCMS26

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Once again sharing my annual advice for conference-going: Be sure to eat a vegetable every once in a while. It's easy to get to Day 3 feeling like garbage and then realize you've only eaten granola bars and bar food. Eat a plant when you can. (And drink water and not just coffee!) #SCMS26

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Sharing photos of your pets supervising you as you pack for the conference is absolutely service to the field, full stop. #SCMS26 #SCMS2026

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Super pumped for our roundtable "TV and Catastrophe: Revisiting Classical Questions." We're in the Friday night slot, so I won't be sad if you bring a cocktail. #SCMS26 #SCMS2026 #TVStudies

List of panelists for a roundtable panel titled "TV and Catastrophe: Reviting Classical Questions." Panelists and topics include: Molly Schneider, "Imagining Nuclear Histories on Playhouse 90." Kelly Kessler, "The Day After: Trauma TV or Just a Gen X Tuesday." Aniko Bodroghkozy, "Crisis, Catastrophe, & the JFK Assassination." Samantha Janes, "Class of '07 and Apocalypse Comedy." Emily Saidel, "Democracy after Disaster."

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hey, SoCal friends/colleagues! Looks like I'll be in LA for most of May for research. Would love to see some folks while I'm there! (I'm also available to visit classes, give talks, etc., if you want to subject yourselves & your students to my particular brand of nerdery.) #ArchiveFever #TVhistory

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

In which journalist, critic, and all-around badass @moryan.bsky.social reads Grammarly to absolute filth for being slop merchants and robber-barons. Read it, if only to see a work of takedown beauty, written by an actual human.

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Dear hivemind: What are you cooking/baking these days that you really love? I have a tendency toward feckless doomscrolling, and cooking has been one thing that helps me refocus toward tangible action. What are you making these days that especially brings you joy, nourishment, peace, etc.?

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

So pumped to be doing an SCMS roundtable titled “TV and Catastrophe: Revisiting Classical Questions” with Kelly Kessler, Aniko Bodroghkozy @anikob.bsky.social, Samantha Janes, and Emily Saidel! #SCMS26 #SCMS2026 #TVstudies #TVhistory

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Crowdsource request: Hey, film & TV savvy people! I'm doing a trivia session during our new student welcome event tomorrow, and I'm still writing the questions. If you've got a good trivia question related to film & TV (or media more broadly), sound off in the replies!

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Hello, colleagues! I'm putting together a proposed #SCMS26 panel on Television and Catastrophe. (I know at least one of you has to be working on Chernobyl, right?) Hope you'll consider sending me a topic proposal! See my call for panelists here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #SCMSTV #TVSIG

Background image from the television series CHERNOBYL. The text reads 'Call for panelists. SCMS 2026. Television and Catastrophe.'

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Hello, colleagues! I'm putting together a proposed #SCMS26 panel on Television and Catastrophe. (I know at one of you has to be working on Chernobyl, right?) Hope you'll consider sending me a topic proposal! See my call for panelists here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #SCMSTV #TVSIG

A still image of a disaster worker from the television series Chernobyl. The text reads: Call for panelists, SCMS 2026. Television and Catastrophe.

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Tomorrow is the last day of the @utexaspress.bsky.social spring/summer sale, so grab your reads now! What a great opportunity to get ✨Gold Dust on the Air✨ at a sweet discount 😉👍📺. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The time has come. I am finally watching THE THORN BIRDS. Required viewing for research on miniseries, especially surrounding the gendered dimensions of "prestige" TV and book adaptation. Here we go!

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I'm having serious FOMO about not applying to Console-ing Passions or the very exciting inaugural Hollywood Conference this year. Ya girl needed a serious break and had to stop herself from applying, but OMG THE FOMO. Hope it's going great, @lucimarz.bsky.social! #HWC2025

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I'm rewatching Feud: Bette & Joan, and I forgot how good it is + how many great actors are in it. I haven't made it all the way through Feud: Capote vs. the Swans bc it didn't quite grab me, but this original Bette and Joan season is like the sweet spot in the Ryan Murphy Industrial Complex for me.

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Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Precarious scholar? Are you thinking of submitting to #SCMS2026 but no institutional support for membership? Co-chair, grad rep, or on an SCMS committee? Apply for a 2025/26 SCMS membership fee waiver from the PLO! Deadline August 1st! More here: conta.cc/4lrwcdk

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

If you're on Academia[dot]edu, heads up that they've started making AI-generated "podcasts" of the work that's uploaded there. It's enabled by default. You have to opt out. Don't play the file. (It believe it's not actually generated until you play it). Just opt out. www.academia.edu/settings#ai-...

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

And guess what? @utexaspress.bsky.social is having its annual Spring/Summer sale, so you can get ✨Gold Dust on the Air✨ (and other UT Press books while you're at it) for a nice discount. 40% off print/50% off ebooks with code UTXSPRING. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/ 👀

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Have any of you ever volunteered for Lasagna Love? I'm considering signing up (to cook/deliver) but would love to hear from folks I know who have done it.

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SCMS TV SIG @scms-tv.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

We are pleased to announce the results of our TV SIG Board election! Our new First Year Board Rep will be Ben Kruger-Robbins. Our new Grad Student Rep will be Olivia Stowell. Congrats to both! Let's also enthusiastically thank all of our candidates for their willingness to serve. 📺 #SCMSTV #TVSIG

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SCMS TV SIG @scms-tv.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

A reminder that voting is underway for our TV SIG Board election! We're electing 2 positions this year: First Year Board Rep and Graduate Student Rep. (Check your email for further details and the link to the voting portal.) Voting will close on Friday, May 16th. #SCMSTV

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Hey, guess what? @utexaspress.bsky.social is having their annual Spring/Summer sale! What an amazing time to grab yourself some fun summer beach reads, like ✨GOLD DUST ON THE AIR✨! 🏖📘😉 Use the code UTXSPRING for 40% off print books and 50% off ebooks. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477329276/

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2025 Broadcast Historian Award, Library of American Broadcasting FoundationHow mid-century television anthologies reflected and shaped US values and identiti...

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Always fun to see student papers that cite so many of my brilliant friends and colleagues. I do not always successfully resist the urge to write, "OMG I just saw her at a conference and she's awesome." 🤓

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SCMS TV SIG @scms-tv.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Voting is now open for our TV SIG Board election! We're electing 2 positions this year: First Year Board Rep and Graduate Student Rep. Voting will close on Friday, May 16th. (Check your email for the link.)

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I've been so pumped to see so many colleagues posting about amazing things they're doing & receiving much-deserved recognition for! Also want to acknowledge that behind the milestones, cool events & honors is SO MUCH work, and often frustration, inequitable workloads, & unseen labor. I SEE YOU. 💚

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

12 days after I first had flu symptoms, I'm still not 100%. Acute flu-like symptoms mostly gone, but still don't feel great, still have a cough, and still just exhausted. I have so much to catch up on, but just doing the grocery shopping this morning wore me out. That #SCMS25 flu, y'all. 🥴

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Dr. Molly Schneider @moschneids.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Reminder to send me those self-nominations by tomorrow! #SCMSTV #TVSIG

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