ICYMI - How Reddit Turned HBO’s Industry Into Appointment TV
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🗓️ 5 October 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Candice Lim is joined by Slate producer Madeline Ducharme to break down the third season of HBO’s Industry. Created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the show stars Myha’la, Marisa Abela, and Harry Lawtey as three young finance workers obsessed with getting ahead. The show has not always been a ratings hit, but this season brought in record viewership, leading some to wonder how it became an HBO juggernaut. On today’s episode, ICYMI tries to figure out how the internet turned Industry into a Sunday primetime event and whether Reddit is the reason it got renewed.
This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, and Candice Lim with production assistance from Kevin Bendis and Kat Hong.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Candice Lim, and I'm Madeline Ducharm, and you're listening to I see |
| 0:18.4 | why am I. In case you missed it, Sleyts podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:23.8 | And I am so honored to be joined by you, Madeline, because you are not only my friend. |
| 0:28.2 | You are not only the producer of what next, but you are also like me very into what we are going to be discussing today, which is the show Industry on HBO. |
| 0:38.0 | Oh my God, Candice, I love this show. I love talking about it. I love reading about it on the internet and I love just diving |
| 0:47.2 | into the cesspool of this anxiety-ridden show. Shell. which is like this very intense, very toxic investment bank. |
| 1:03.4 | The show was led by Mahala, who plays Harper, |
| 1:05.8 | Marisa Bella, who plays Yasmin, |
| 1:07.8 | and Harry Lottie, who was our favorite boy, Rob. |
| 1:10.9 | Now, the show just wrapped its third season, which was also its breakout season, I would say, |
| 1:16.5 | because I love the finale. I love the season. And I wonder if it's because of the Reddit page that has been absolutely popping off. More people are watching |
| 1:26.2 | the show than ever before, and it definitely feels like that on Reddit. So Madeline, are you a peruser of R slash |
| 1:32.1 | Industry on HVO? Not only am I peruser. Are you a producer of R slash industry on HBO? |
| 1:33.0 | Not only am I peruser, Candice, I am actually a poster on R slash industry on HBO. |
| 1:40.0 | Tell me more. |
| 1:42.0 | Okay, so my girlfriend and I, we always watch industry together and we watch it like it's the damn Super Bowl. |
| 1:48.0 | We are hollering at the TV, you know, like that one meme of the like butch yelling, |
| 1:54.3 | Come on! |
| 1:55.8 | And her wife captioned it, you know, my wife thinks she's the coach. |
| 1:58.8 | That's how we feel about Pier Point, Harper, Rob, Yasmin, etc. |
| 2:04.8 | And anyway, sometimes of course I will holler something |
| 2:07.7 | that is just so brilliant that I also obviously |
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