Headline: The problem might be the phenomenon of “Didactic Entertainment” likely compounded by writers and producers following notes from networks instead of considering what the audience wants in conjunction with what the writer wants. What are network incentives these days…critical reviews? Audience numbers? How do shows get funded?

Somebody Somewhere was pretty good, but also sort of a downer. The Bear is atmospherically, like, a “bottom of the sea” downer. The general audience generally does not like (particularly atmospheric) downer shows. The other critical shows mentioned have kept me away because 1) I personally get icked out by comedies in a school setting since that HS musical show like a decade ago (never watched Community despite the recommendation I had) 2) while I have been interested in Reservation Dogs, I hesitate because I can anticipate that it’s generally an atmospherically down show that approaches the cultural divide in this didactic, lecture-like way instead of via an audience-inclusive approach.

Generally, the “critical shows” the author mentions are really openly Woke (which is to say, Didactic Entertainment). Bridgerton too is actually pretty woke, but it does not lecture you. It just shows you a different world in an audience inclusive way so that you feel like you’re actually watching a television show and not a lecture. “Didactic Entertainment” is a concept that comes up for me a lot in thought and is generally something I find a bit repulsive.

We’ve been watching Dark Matter and its lack of even an honorable mention as a worthy TV show to watch makes me feel sort of upset as the story revolves around a man who loves his family so much he literally traverses through the ether of the multiverse and his mind to return home…it’s a really beautiful modern Odyssey in this abstract way that - admittedly plays into the nearly troped-out approach to quantum physics in the realm of fantasy-heavy sci fi, but it’s still a really beautiful story…anyway…

The author might be too stuck too far up in their cable tower that they can’t see through their static clouds. Or maybe the intellectual-taste gap between the elite television critics and us plebeian audiences grows wider and I’m the idiot…