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The Best Show You (Probably) Aren't Watching

The Best Show You (Probably) Aren't Watching

INDUSTRY is the cure for post-peak TV malaise

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Marshall Shaffer
Aug 12, 2024
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Getting season 3 right can be tough for a television show, as seen most clearly in 2024 by the fall from grace for The Bear. (I’m still on episode 3 if that tells you anything.) Season 1 nowadays feels like lightning in a bottle, a pure expression of creative energy unburdened by public opinion. Season 2 requires lightning to strike the same place twice…

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