Binge Watching and Contemporary Television Research Focuses on binge watching and its role in contemporary television studiesIncludes original research from different sub fields of television studiesDevelops a nuanced understanding of binge watching by exploring it from the perspectives of fan studies audience research transnational television studies and narratologyTakes an in depth look at contemporary television cultureIndividual authors have exchanged and developed ideas together creating consistency and coherency across the collection‘Binge watching’ has become an umbrella term for a number of analytical questions in contemporary television studies serving to describe the structure marketing and publication model of Netflix and other streaming platforms.Because the term describes a range of different ideas linked to streaming television programming research on binge watching can bring together a number of different and related questions. This edited collection explores binge watching and its role in contemporary television from the perspectives of fan studies audience research transnational television studies and narratology. This breadth of scope makes it possible to explore a broad variety of meanings and functions of the term and concept in contemporary television studies