4/6/2023 0 Comments Npr hourly news stream![]() So that's procedurals like "Law And Order," most reality TV, frankly, especially competitive reality TV, especially "RuPaul's Drag Race," mystery of the week shows, monster of the week shows like "Poker Face" and "The X-Files," hangout shows where you just want to pretend you, like, live in the town, like "Gilmore Girls," sitcoms like "Happy Endings." Now, I just realized all those examples I gave are older shows, most of them, anyway. Like, if the format of the show is rigid and unchanging, if the stakes are low, if you can fold your laundry to it, it's bingeable. For me, comfort viewing makes a better binge. WELDON: Well, different people have different criteria. RASCOE: What kind of show do you think lends itself then to, like, binge-watching and to, you know, eating the jelly beans? Both provide the same calories, but one's a lot more satisfying. ![]() You know, instead of a six-course meal that takes all evening to eat, you get a big bowl of jelly beans and you just scarf down by the fistful. WELDON: Yeah, I agree with you, Eric, but that's exactly why I worry that if it had dropped all at once, I worry that it would have burned out in a weekend. Well, this takes a great series and spreads it over a couple of months, so you always have something great to watch on television coming up. And the other thing that I think is cool about it is that, you know, people binge-watch something, and then they're like, I have nothing to watch. And that also allows you to feel like you're stepping into something new every week. You know, from one episode to the next, you might see the same incident portrayed from different vantage points, different perspectives, different characters' points of view. ![]() And, you know, to me, the thing about "The Last Of Us" is that every episode gives you new storytelling and almost kind of resets the storytelling in some ways. People start to talk about it, and it gets other people's attention, and it becomes a snowball that kind of rolls its way through the pop culture landscape. But when you have them strung out weekly, it spreads the impact of a show on the zeitgeist. I think it's probable that it would have been a hit if all the episodes had been delivered at once. RASCOE: Would it have worked if it were delivered all at once? Like, a lot of the Netflix shows are delivered all at once, and that's how we got used to doing it that way.ĭEGGANS: Sure. But with a show like "The Last Of Us," going online, you can kind of pretend it's still around. The monoculture is gone, and it's not coming back. You check your socials to see what people are saying, what Easter eggs you might have missed. So it's one of those shows that people used to gather around the watercooler in the office to discuss on Monday morning. I mean, but it's also rich enough that it benefits from unpacking it with other people. So it just helps to decompress afterwards, you know, get up off the couch, take a breath, walk your dog, look at a freaking sunset. RASCOE: So what about "The Last Of Us?" What has made it so effective as a weekly show? And it's made us wonder about a debate that's front and center in streaming - is it better to deliver a show all at once so consumers can binge it or make them wait week by week? Who better to ask than our in-house experts, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans and Glen Weldon, host of Pop Culture Happy Hour? Hello to both of you. It's the finale of the first season of HBO's pandemic drama, "The Last Of Us." The show airing one episode per week has had almost everybody talking, tweeting, anticipating. ![]() You keep her alive, and you set everything right. ![]() But there' s also something for the classical music fans, accompanied by Edward Greenfield.There's some must-see TV on tonight, and it's not the Oscars.ĪNNA TORV: (As Tess) This is your chance. Around Informed with BBC Wolrd Services and since that is not enough, there is in between the latest from pop with John Peel. Interdisciplinary issues are discussed and human interest programming is broadcast with 'The Forum' and 'Outlook'. Another sports show is 'Stumped', a cricket program about past and current games. Weekends are broken up by sports programming, usually with live commentary on football matches. In addition, there is a selection of science programs, from 'Health Check' to 'Science in Action'. The main part of the schedule is based on 'Newsday', 'Newshour' and 'The Newsroom'. You can listen live or listen again later in the BBC's podcast service. There is also analysis and information from the BBC World Service, which includes a 24-hour worldwide radio network in English and separate services in 27 other languages. The BBC World Services News Channel has been around since 1932, set up to report from around the world. ![]()
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