How Much Should TV Creators Ask of Their Viewers? Plus, 'Shogun' Episode 4 and 'The Gentlemen.'

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🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Chris and Andy talk about a New Yorker profile of 'Succession' writer Lucy Prebble in which she wonders whether it's better to create TV that "feels like having a bath" instead of shows with complicated plotlines that require the viewer to follow closely (1:00). Then they talk about the fourth episode of 'Shogun' (26:44) and the new Netflix show 'The Gentlemen,' which feels just like the "gourmet cheeseburger" that chief content officer Bela Bajaria once described (44:55). Read the New Yorker article here. Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, hey, can I talk to you guys for a second? Sure. Over 25 years ago, on September 29th,
0:09.4	1998, we watched a brainy girl with curly hair drop everything to follow a guy she only kind of knew all the way to college.
0:17.0	And so began, Felicity, the brainchild of J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves, starring Carrie Russell.
0:22.0	And me, Greg Grunberg aka Sean Blumberg it won't be confusing at all and me
0:28.6	Amanda Foreman aka felicity's roommate with the box.
0:33.6	And I'm Juliet Littman.
0:34.8	I was not on Felicity, but I remember every moment of it, probably better than these two do.
0:39.2	Altogether, we'll be revisiting our favorite moments from the show
0:42.2	and talking to the people who help shape it.
0:44.0	We talked to Carrie Russell, of course, because she's the best.
0:47.6	And also Scott Speedman and Scott Foley.
0:50.5	I was team Scott. I just want to lay that out there right now and we also talked to
0:54.0	J.J. and Matt the two brains behind this amazing series and many more people who
0:58.8	work behind the scenes and in front of the camera.
1:02.4	From Bad Robot Audio and The Ringer, this is Dear Felicity.
1:06.0	Listen to Dear Felicity on Spotify. Stand up and walk now.
1:15.0	I need sports to have to clear the room.
1:20.0	Stand up and walk now.
1:23.0	Hello and welcome to the watch.
1:25.0	My name is Chris Ryan.
1:26.0	I am an editor at the Ringer.com
1:29.0	and joining me in the studio, he'll have the nato.
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