TV Tattle

TV Tattle

In praise of "doombingeing" dark TV / RIP Jak Knight / The Bear is a study of masculinity in crisis

PLUS: Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal is uncomfortably funny, sneakily poignant and conceptually bananas.

Norman Weiss
Jul 16, 2022
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"Doombingeing" dark TV is helping viewers cope with a bleak world
Prestige TV series delving into true-crime, dystopias and apocalypses are the TV equivalent of doomscrolling, says Joy Press. "As a fo…

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