Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Notes on Contributors vii
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Chapter 1 Introduction 1
6. Part I Bingeing Fans
7. Chapter 2 Historical Binge-Watching: Marathon Viewing on Videotape 21
8. Chapter 3 ‘A small Christmas for me’: A Study of Binge-Watching and Fan Engagement on Reddit 40
9. Chapter 4 Binge-Watching and Fandom: Conclusion 59
10. Part II Binge-Watching Audiences
11. Chapter 5 Commercial Constructions of Binge-Viewers: A Typology of the New and Improved Couch Potato as Seen on TV 63
12. Chapter 6 Binge-Watching Conditions and Multitasking: The Enjoyable Ephemeral 82
13. Chapter 7 What Defines a Binge? Elapsed Time versus Episodes 98
14. Chapter 8 Binge-Watching and the Organisation of Everyday Life 112
15. Chapter 9 Binge-Watching Audience Typologies: Conclusion 131
16. Part III Transnational Bingeing
17. Chapter 10 National, Transnational, Transcultural Media: Netflix – The Culture-Binge 143
18. Chapter 11 National TV as Transnational ‘Cinematic’ Object: How Binge-Consumption Frames the Critical Vocabulary 162
19. Chapter 12 Transnationalising Genre: Netflix, Teen Drama and Textual Dimensions in Netflix Transnationalism 183
20. Chapter 13 Transnational Bingeing: Conclusion 201
21. Part IV Binge-Watching Narratives
22. Chapter 14 Digressions and Recaps: The Bingeable Narrative 205
23. Chapter 15 ‘Next Episode in 5 . . .’ – Binge-Watching and Narrative in Streaming Television Comedy 224
24. Chapter 16 The Bingeable Ms Gilmore: A Comparative Analysis of Narrative Structure in Broadcast TV Show Gilmore Girls and Netflix Original Show Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life 236
25. Chapter 17 Netflix Feminism: Binge-Watching Rape Culture in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Unbelievable 250
26. Chapter 18 Bingeing Narratives: Conclusion 274
27. Index 278