After a few years away, Paramount’s Criminal Minds: Evolution — a revival of the long-running CBS procedural — brings us back to a Behavioral Analysis Unit that looks much different than where we left ...

Have you ever wondered how some writers manage to keep readers hooked week after week with serialized stories that feel fresh, engaging, and carefully planned? Serialized storytelling is a unique art ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Reading used to compete mostly with television. Now it faces off with everything. Notifications interrupt chapters, playlists loop in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. The publishing industry might not be as buzzy as film or TV, ...

ABC's "Drive," which premieres soon, and "Traveler," slated for a May 30 launch, were being developed a year ago, when serialized dramas were hot. But with the genre having cooled, it remains to be ...

The current era of Peak TV owes much of its existence to the increasing sway of serialized storytelling. The availability of TV seasons on DVD and then streaming allowed TV creators to think in ...

Star Trek: Discovery will be breaking some new ground when it debuts near the end of September. We already know that the show will feature a new take on the Klingon race, more complex interpersonal ...

To say “South Park” has broached some bold topics in its first 18 seasons is akin to saying Cartman is a sociopath — neither statement tells the full story. But to encompass all of the experimental ...