Saved by Keely Adler
"Taste Hierarchies Like These Stink"
Both collectively and individually, the experience of watching TV in 2016 already feels totally disconnected from the experience of watching TV in 1996.
Chuck Klosterman • But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
The purpose of “Emily in Paris” is to provide sympathetic background for staring at your phone, refreshing your own feeds—on which you’ll find “Emily in Paris” memes, including a whole genre of TikTok remakes. It’s O.K. to look at your phone all the time, the show seems to say, because Emily does it, too. The episodic plots are too thin to ever be ... See more
Kyle Chayka • “Emily in Paris” and the Rise of Ambient TV
"There has never been more TV to watch. At any given time, you can stream shows old and new from platforms as wide-ranging as Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Peacock, and Amazon Prime, or you can indulge in a more niche service like Shudder (for horror fans) or Acorn (for British programming). If you find yourself paralyzed by the sheer wealth of content, ... See more
In pure series it’s not impossible. In Dragnet or Starsky and Hutch time stands still and the characters never age; each week they are reborn as before to fight a new mission once again. Stubbornly two-dimensional, they exist outside time and space, bound to their hamster wheel.