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DWbluegreen118.bsky.social

I don't want to quote post where this originally came from since I'm not after the OP but "critics like talking about shows that aren't so popular" has been something I've read for literal decades. It's more interesting to talk about the pushing-the-envelope show over ep 221 of a comfort show.

Maybe the most disorienting outcome of this information poverty has been the significant disconnects that can — and do — arise between what people watch and what we think we’re watching. This has been a persistent element of TV criticism since at least “Mad Men,” but it’s hard not to sense that things have gotten worse since then. And to look at these Netflix numbers is to realize that high-quality television is not the necessary outcome of the streaming model but possibly the happy byproduct of an industry in transition — and at this point maybe something like a small subculture. For example, take “I Think You Should Leave,” the sketch show that has become an absolutely endless source of memes and shared reference points on the social internet. It’s hard to think of another show whose jokes quickly became common parlance online — and yet the latest season, which came out in the first half of 2023, was not in the top 10, 100 or even 3,000 titles Netflix released
Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” adaptation, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, one of the more hyped releases of that winter, was the 547th-most-viewed title on the early 2023 spreadsheet, dwarfed by, among other things, “White Chicks,” the 2004 Wayans Brothers movie. It was practically a rounding error in comparison to “FUBAR,” an Arnold Schwarzenegger series I’d never heard of, and the first season of a show called “Ginny & Georgia,” which came out in 2021 and is apparently one of the most popular shows on Netflix, with both seasons appearing in the Top 10, together accounting for nearly a billion viewer hours. Never heard of it. Don’t know anyone who has. Maybe that’s my problem, because I’m an out-of-touch magazine editor. But maybe it’s yours too.
Linda Holmes â€Ș@lindaholmes.bsky.social‬ The unasked question is whether the shows people watch are always the shows they want to read about and talk about. People might watch a Harlan Coben thing and not be particularly interested in critical discussions of it. 1/ â€ȘOsita Nwanevu‬ â€Ș@ositanwanevu.bsky.social‬ · 1h This piece is ostensibly about Netflix but winds up being about how American journalism is no longer adequate to the task of covering American popular culture, which seems like a big problem, if not a crisis, to me. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/m... ALT ALT ALT October 7, 2024 at 12:36 PM 6 reposts 3 quotes 46 likes â€ȘLinda Holmes‬ â€Ș@lindaholmes.bsky.social‬ · 1h I agree that it’s always worth knowing about and checking out what’s popular! We have, on the show, covered (I believe) “The Night Agent,” “Ginny and Georgia,” and “Yellowstone,” all of which are popular. But the reason I didn’t cover “Who Is Erin Carter?” is that I didn’t think it was interesting.
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Bthewanderingjew.bsky.social

The Glory is Korean, Reina is Spanish, so they probably are less popular among English-language audiences. Leaving the Night Agent, Outer Banks, and FUBAR.

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Bthewanderingjew.bsky.social

The chart is interesting though: assets.ctfassets.net/4cd45et68cgf... Night Agent, Ginny & Georgia, The Glory, Wednesday, Bridgerton, You, La Reina del Sur, Outer Banks, G&G, FUBAR

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RPrickporter.bsky.social

Did the NYT writer who doesn't know about "Ginny & Georgia" or "FUBAR" go talk to anyone in a diner about what they watch on TV? Because that's where all the Real TV Viewers are, I'm given to understand.Did the NYT writer who doesn't know about "Ginny & Georgia" or "FUBAR" go talk to anyone in a diner about what they watch on TV? Because that's where all the Real TV Viewers are, I'm given to understand.

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KVkvanaren.bsky.social

this is a larger media ecosystem problem as much as anything else! when our whole media diet is our few chosen substacks and podcasts, or what SEO happens to give us, *of course* you will know about ITYSL but not FUBAR.this is a larger media ecosystem problem as much as anything else! when our whole media diet is our few chosen substacks and podcasts, or what SEO happens to give us, *of course* you will know about ITYSL but not FUBAR.

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KVkvanaren.bsky.social

the problem is not that tv critics aren't writing about popular shows i have written about both FUBAR (dad tv) and Ginny and Georgia (a whole-ass review!) the problem is that criticism has as much audience silo and discoverability problems as exactly the netflix library issue he describesthe problem is not that tv critics aren't writing about popular shows i have written about both FUBAR (dad tv) and Ginny and Georgia (a whole-ass review!) the problem is that criticism has as much audience silo and discoverability problems as exactly the netflix library issue he describes

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chipper60.bsky.social

Blame yer bigoted mums ,dad's,granny's and grampas for voting for your Brexit destroyed 3rd world England..taken control yet??? Any Brexit benefits yet?? Suck it up .it's a joy to watch,stopped any boats,lost any more colonies . England at the moment,is fubar 3rd world, SKINT!! failed state,pariah

jonnygf.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

‘Doesn’t feel fair’: young Britons lament losing right to work in EU since Brexit
‘Doesn’t feel fair’: young Britons lament losing right to work in EU since Brexit

Once seen as a rite of passage, seasonal jobs in the rest of Europe are off limits for many – but some still make it work

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PBdarkwaterphotos.bsky.social

Sometimes BlueSky will notice that I'm occasionally missing a letter 'Tt' in my spelling of those word things, it's because that key on my laptop is fubar. It's maddening, but the workaround is another keyboard.

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pablaohc.bsky.social

Lance vai ser comprar ĂĄlcool e ir pra casa do Bill encher a cara e fubar baconha

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