This module focuses on debates about the nature, cultural practices and significance of ‘cult’ television and its fandoms in the digital age. Students will critique the idea of ‘cult’ from textual, industry and audience perspectives, as well as considering its relationships with the rise of ‘quality’ TV forms in the US and UK and with fan studies, including tracing shifts in representation and audience practices related to marginal groups and identities across the recent history of television and its intersection with digital spaces.