%0 Journal Article %T Poland¡¯s Return To Europe: Polish Terrestrial Broadcasters And TV Fiction %A Sylwia Szostak %J View : Journal of European Television History and Culture %D 2012 %I Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision %X The changing political sphere in 1989 and the subsequent 2004 European Union accession had a profound impact on Poland¡¯s economic, political and social spheres. Both events are considered to have marked Poland¡¯s ¡®return to Europe¡¯ and strengthened the relations with its Western neighbours. This article examines the changing patterns of television fiction programming flow in Poland in the post-Soviet era, exploring the impact of those two events on Poland¡¯s audiovisual sector. This article therefore assesses whether, and if so ¨C how, this metaphorical ¡®return to Europe¡¯ is manifested on Polish television screens. %K TV fiction %K Poland %K importation %K Europeanization %K programming %U http://rdbg.tuxic.nl/euscreen-ojs/index.php/view/article/view/18