"If Friends, the Patient Zero of New York’s TV upscaling, was set in a fantasy Manhattan of cappuccinos and massive apartments, these series each present a version of the city that the generation raised on Friends actually found, landing in tiny flats that are a long commute from Central Perk," says James Poniewozik.
TOPICS: Broad City, Comedy Central, HBO, Netflix, High Maintenance, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Gentrification