%0 Journal Article
%T The TV Series in France: Why the French Do Not Succeed?
%A Sławińska, Teresa
%J Media Research Issues
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/2299-6362PZ.16.016.5193
%N Volume 59, Issue 1 (225)
%P 220-230
%K France, Mission Chevalier report, S.E.S.C.A. report, media market, production, screenwriters, cultural politics
%@ 0555-0025
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/article/seriale-we-francji-dlaczego-francuzom-sie-nie-udaje
%X 
	The TV Series in France: Why the French Do Not Succeed?

	
	The structure of the tv series market in France as compared to the other Western countries is rather untypical one. Not many local products are being created here, which can be even perceived as the threat to the national identity. The article, while delineating the development of the tv series in France in the diachronic perspective, does attempt to diagnose the reasons for this situation, using the SESCA report. The report’s authors point to the culturally grounded idealization of the cinema film as one of the source of the underdevelopment of tv series production. They also point to the inappreciation of the artistic potential of the tv series creators, and to the lack of the systemic solutions within the whole French media market.