Résumé
The symposium “US Network Series of the 2000s,” organized by Claire Cornillon (Université de Nîmes), Monica Michlin (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarah Hatchuel (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3) and David Roche (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3) within the “Network TV” project and the GUEST Program, was held on October 10th and 11th, 2024 at Université Paul-Valéry in Montpellier. It marked the final instalment of the “Network TV” project’s cycle of conferences which previously focused on US network series produced from the 1950s to the 1970s, during the 1980s and during the 1990s respectively. The overall project, which began in 2016 at Université du Havre, is dedicated to developing research on network television, as opposed to cable or platform shows. “Network TV” aims to assess the narrative, social, cultural, aesthetic and political impact of these series and constitutes one of the branches of the broader research group GUEST (Groupe Universitaire d’Étude sur les Séries Télévisées) dedicated to the study of TV series. This year’s symposium was organized by the RiRRa21 (Représenter et Inventer la Réalité, du Romantisme au XXIe siècle) and EMMA (Études Montpelliéraines du Monde Anglophone) research teams of Université Paul-Valéry, with funding from the IUF (Institut Universitaire de France). It featured five panels in which international scholars presented their work on US network series of the 2000s, ranging from in-depth narrative aesthetic readings of individual episodes to historical, sociological and translation studies.