‘Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Sugar,’ and This Maybe Era of “Mid TV”

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Andy is joined by Joanna Robinson to discuss a New York Times article published last week declaring that we’re in the midst of an era of “mid TV” with shows like ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ and ‘Hijack’ (11:42). Then, they talk about the new Netflix hit ‘Baby Reindeer’ in relation to that article (39:36), before discussing episodes 2-5 of ‘Sugar’ and why it should have worked when unfortunately it doesn't (50:44).


Read the New York Times piece here.


Host: Andy Greenwald

Guest: Joanna Robinson

Producer: Kaya McMullen

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Andy is joined by Joanna Robinson to discuss a New York Times article published last week declaring that we’re in the midst of an era of “mid TV” with shows like ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ and ‘Hijack’ (11:42). Then, they talk about the new Netflix hit ‘Baby Reindeer’ in relation to that article (39:36), before discussing episodes 2-5 of ‘Sugar’ and why it should have worked when unfortunately it doesn't (50:44).


Read the New York Times piece here.


Host: Andy Greenwald

Guest: Joanna Robinson

Producer: Kaya McMullen

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2024-04-29 77 min
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