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For example, I don’t think squid game would’ve captured the same audience if it didn’t come out during the pandemic

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[–] YaksDC@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago

Ted Lasso hit when everyone needed something wholesome.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 13 points 1 day ago

I don't think the 2nd season of Andor would have hit as hard in any other year but this one.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago
[–] svdasein@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Battlestar Galactica reboot.

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Yep. Absolutely nailed the post-9/11 psyche.

[–] Overspark@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

Yes and no. It came at a time when TV makers weren't allowed to assume their viewers would watch every episode, in the right order. So while it does have a big overarching story, half the episodes are stupid filler episodes so people wouldn't fall too far behind it they missed one or two. If it were made a couple of years later they could have gone hard in every episode.

[–] hexagon527@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

Black Mirror

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

Tiger King got me and my son through some dark times.

[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

24 came out right after 9 11 and the original had the opening a plane crashing into a building (or something like that)

[–] sprite0@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Lost comes to mind

[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 1 day ago

Fallout.

A video game adaption that isn't hamstrung by idiots who don't know anything about the source material, and funded by a morally bankrupt cash daddy company to ensure it has the budget it needs to get everything right.

Also, a story based on America being shitty dictators and contributing to the nuclear apocalypse.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

I disagree about Squid Game. I didn't see it until after the pandemic had become endemic, and the same is true of most of my friends. People still liked it.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

• The Office
• Suits
• White Collar
• Blacklist
• Scrubs
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia\ • The Good Place
• How I Met Your Mother
• Letterkenny
• Community

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

The newer The Stand show, I guess. I mostly preferred the original, though.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago