Mike Samuel

Hospital Dramas! Crime Procedurals! Classic TV Is Back and Better Than Ever Hit shows like 'The Pitt' and 'Poker Face' are a nod to broadcast dramas and procedurals of the past — and audiences are loving it.

The return of Poker Face and the recent brilliant run of The Pitt inspired me to celebrate TV shows that just want to be (great) TV shows:

Congrats @reckless.bsky.social and @davidpierce.xyz of @theverge.com

Joseph Quinn is disco Zuckerberg

Just finished editing a chapter I wrote two years ago just to find that someone else has published on the same topic last year. Gutted to have to cut this one from my book.

I feel that midday is the best time for Bergman.

Thanks to everyone who came along to hear about our game. If anyone else is interested, please get in touch

Very excited to see The Swimming Pool on the big screen at the MAC this afternoon #frenchfilmfestival

With child 2, I’ve joined the 4am club (though my mind is still the 6:30 am club).

Amazing news @ttrimmel.bsky.social and co!

a man in a tuxedo is holding a cup of tea and a blender ALT: a man in a tuxedo is holding a cup of tea and a blender

My Nespresso machine broke. 13 years. Served me well.

Actually very proud to announce that I am doing a thing: a new book series called "TV Matters" with Intellect! Television / media / pop culture scholars, take note and get in touch if you wanna write about TV! Please share far and wide.

My only request in life is that “gentle parenting” be stated as my cause of death.

Criminally underrated film!

I will be applying for more funding to grow this idea into a finished product. Open to collaboration! Updates about this project will be posted on bristoldigitalgamelab.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

More important, I am developing the concept for a game on the theme of postnatal depression to be used to facilitate conversations about PND. It is my hope that it will be used by partners, families and friends of those living with PND.

2025 should be a busy year. I have a co-edited book (edited with the brilliant Theresa Trimmel) coming out called TV and Empathy, with some inspiring chapters, and I am finally publishing my heritage book (Factual Heritage Television).

While people are in the spirit of settling into this online space and sharing, I thought I’d share some aca updates:

I’m really looking forward to submitting some ideas for this. A great call

Feels like aca-Twitter on here. I've missed this.

Still buzzing from the wonderful writing workshop with lead writers of LARIAN STUDIOS hosted by Bristol Digital Game Lab at the University of Bristol lastweek. We'll soon be doing a write up, but in the meantime check out our other forthcoming events bristoldigitalgamelab.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/events/