Shows you once loved, but found painful on rewatch

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I loved Homicide: Life on the Streets and just recently rewatched it after buying the box set of dvds.

I found it painful on rewatch because it is one of the most brilliant shows ever made for TV, yet it did not gain audience traction despite critical acclaim and has not been made available as streaming content while so many much lesser quality shows have been.

After watching it again I thought to myself that is says a lot about America that Homicide is barely accessible to successive generations while Law & Order runs on a loop on several cable outlets and can be streamed easily.

If you’ve never seen Homicide, do yourself a favor and find the DVDs and watch it. But please, the show is so nuanced and has such depth that it really must be watched the old fashioned way, not as a background to multitasking on the digital devices.

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Anonymous wrote:24.

This is a great answer. I enjoyed the show a lot during the original run, but now see how problematic “the ends justify the means” aspect is regarding policing and homeland security.

I didn’t start watching 24 until the pandemic and while some things are dated, I loved the first 5 seasons and several of the later ones too.

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Freaks and geeks holds up!

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Hill Street blues

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Anonymous wrote:National Lampoon's Vacation.

Which one?

I still find them all hilarious.

When Clark's car broke down and the African American negative stereotypes showed up and stole his hubcaps. That was sooooo awful.

His car didn't break down. He was lost and needed directions. He was in East St. Louis in Illinois.

https://www.travelsafe-abroad.com/united-states/east-st-louis/

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Friends has a new following.

Have you seen those Guardians of the Galaxy 3 tee shirts with Friends logo?

https://happyinktee.com/product/friend-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-t-shirt/

Younger people watch Friends reruns.

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I used to watch Dark Shadows. It never seemed so dramatic to me. I rewatch it every si often around Halloween.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugly Betty. The words used to describe Alex/Alexis would get someone cancelled these days.

This is an older post but I am watching this now (were you the one who suggested it to me?!) and I love it for the most part, but I am constantly cringing at the Alexis jokes. "I wanted to see the she male." "Are you staring at my boobs?" The jokes about Marc being gay are also cringe.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugly Betty. The words used to describe Alex/Alexis would get someone cancelled these days.

This is an older post but I am watching this now (were you the one who suggested it to me?!) and I love it for the most part, but I am constantly cringing at the Alexis jokes. "I wanted to see the she male." "Are you staring at my boobs?" The jokes about Marc being gay are also cringe.

Oh also calling Amanda a slut and a whore, the immigration worker calling Betty's dad "Nacho", the gay jokes about Hilda's son Justin....

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Anonymous wrote:I still love 10 things I hate about you.

Haven’t been able to watch seinfeld (or friends) although I know other people who say they think seinfeld still holds up

Aaron Sorkin’s stuff (definitely west wing and maybe even sports night) seems to get pretty dated, altho again some people can look past it.

Totally disagree about We st Wing. I’m amazed at how well it has held up.

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Designing Women. Just started rewatching in Hulu and lot of it is cringeworthy.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved Homicide: Life on the Streets and just recently rewatched it after buying the box set of dvds.

I found it painful on rewatch because it is one of the most brilliant shows ever made for TV, yet it did not gain audience traction despite critical acclaim and has not been made available as streaming content while so many much lesser quality shows have been.

After watching it again I thought to myself that is says a lot about America that Homicide is barely accessible to successive generations while Law & Order runs on a loop on several cable outlets and can be streamed easily.

If you’ve never seen Homicide, do yourself a favor and find the DVDs and watch it. But please, the show is so nuanced and has such depth that it really must be watched the old fashioned way, not as a background to multitasking on the digital devices.

Subway.

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Anonymous wrote:Designing Women. Just started rewatching in Hulu and lot of it is cringeworthy.

Suzanne was supposedly struggling with being overweight after being a beauty queen. By today's standards, she is average weight.

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Anonymous wrote:Designing Women. Just started rewatching in Hulu and lot of it is cringeworthy.

Suzanne was supposedly struggling with being overweight after being a beauty queen. By today's standards, she is average weight.

Delta Burke was abused with fat shaming during the 80s. She was really beautiful

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Agree with many of these especially Gilmore Girls. But the Sopranos is still the greatest show ever made.