Conclusion: ‘‘Previously on …’’—Recapping the Narrative and Distributive Temporalities of TVIII

Abstract

The conclusion of Time, Technology and Narrative Form reiterates the key arguments developed throughout this book, and claims that the dust has begun to settle on TVIII’s period of experimentation with narrative form. It briefly considers where television may be heading next and maintains that although transmedia storytelling and transnational productions are no long as popular within the realm of major network TV, these practices have found a new home in other spaces such as on cable and via streaming services such as Netflix. Finally, the conclusion proposes that the industrial-textual approach utilised in the analysis of series such as 24, Prison Break, Lost, FlashForward and Mad Men, can be used for analyses of other national contexts and television genres.