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In the Post-Peak TV Era, It's All About Quality Over Quantity
For better or worse, the television landscape is constantly changing and evolving.
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Ready for Primetime: Why the SNL Casts of the Mid-'00s and Early '10s Were Built for Peak TV
Jane Curtin had always been the outlier among the original Saturday Night Live ensemble.
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FX Boss John Landgraf: 2023 Might Be the Year Peak TV Actually Peaks
It wouldn't be a Television Critics Association Press Tour without John Landgraf issuing a proclamation on the state of Peak...
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Posted Saturday 5/07/22 at 2:50AM EDT
Why don't TV shows focus on student debt?
"When millions of Americans, especially Black women and other women of color, are being pulled under by the rising cost...
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Posted Friday 5/06/22 at 3:37AM EDT
TV is facing a showrunner crisis amid the slew of streaming-era shows
There aren't enough TV writers with enough experience to serve as showrunners these days, and the explosion of new shows...
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Posted Saturday 4/30/22 at 3:58AM EDT
Television is in the midst of “Peak TV Part II: Attack of the Limited Series"
"Like everything wonderful and good in the entertainment industry, the limited series has become so trendy that it is threatening...
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The Flight Attendant is the latest acclaimed show that should've stayed a limited series
The HBO Max murder mystery thriller, based on author Chris Bohjalian's bestselling book, was originally supposed to be a limited...
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Posted Friday 4/29/22 at 3:29AM EDT
TV is starting to resemble the fake shows on 30 Rock
From Fox's Crime Scene Kitchen to Netflix's Is It Cake? to And Just Like That, there are a quite a...
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Posted Friday 4/29/22 at 3:29AM EDT
Basic cable is becoming emptier and emptier as a home to scripted shows
"It’s obvious that streamers like Netflix, and Amazon, and Apple are making new scripted shows, but where are the others,...
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Posted Thursday 4/28/22 at 1:54PM EDT
Blame the May 31 Emmy cutoff for the slew of new and returning shows premiering in a short timespan
Thanks to shortened seasons on cable and streaming, more than 30 shows are returning and more than 60 new shows are...
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Posted Thursday 4/28/22 at 2:25AM EDT
Gaslit, Minx, The Offer and The First Lady: Why are there suddenly so many shows set in the 1970s?
"If media reflects the culture, and vice versa, what is it about the 1970s that is speaking to right now?"...
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Posted Saturday 4/23/22 at 2:05AM EDT
We’re in the midst of a "Too Much TV Apocalypse"
The lack of buzz for Gaslit, starring Oscar-winning A-list movie stars Julia Roberts and Sean Penn, is a sign that...
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In defense of TV shows taking a long hiatus between seasons
Next week, Better Call Saul and Russian Doll return for new seasons after two and three years off, respectively.
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Posted Thursday 4/14/22 at 2:55AM EDT
Why TV's true-story addiction has been so disappointing: "Reality has its virtues. But there ain’t nothing like the fake thing"
Television is in the midst of a glut of shows based on true stories, including Pam & Tommy, The Dropout,...
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Posted Saturday 2/26/22 at 4:55AM EST
TV's docudrama trend is worrisome, from Inventing Anna to Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
While there have been stellar shows depicting real-life events -- from Chernobyl to Unbelievable to When They See Us -- the many...