Stuck Inside? Here's Your TV Streaming Strategy

Life Kit

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🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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As more television streaming services pop up, consumers face more choice than ever. NPR's TV critic lays out a streaming strategy, so you know what options are worth your time.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Life Kit. I'm Eric DeGun's MPR's TV critic. And I've got one question for you.
0:06.4	Are you feeling a little overwhelmed and stressed out by all the TV that's coming at you these days,
0:12.0	especially on streaming services like Netflix and Hulu? If so, you're not alone.
0:17.5	Comic-Gym Gaffkin summed it up pretty well on his Netflix special, Sinko.
0:22.7	Sometimes I open my Netflix and I'm like, I don't think I can do it.
0:25.6	I'm not even going to make it dend here.
0:28.9	He says the pressure to keep up gets so intense. Talking with friends can feel like dealing with bill collectors.
0:35.2	George came with runs. I'm a little behind.
0:38.2	Give me a week. My wife had a dumb baby.
0:44.3	Jim, who actually wanted to talk with us for this episode, but was doing something dumb like performing a stand-up tour across Spain,
0:51.6	didn't know the half of it.
0:54.0	And when they counted up all the TV shows now out there, including series, movies,
0:58.6	specials, news programs, sports telecasts, kids shows and beyond, they found more than 646,000 unique program titles
1:07.7	were available to watch last year.
1:10.2	Two big streaming services, Apple TV Plus and Disney Plus debuted in November 2019.
1:16.1	And three more HBO Max, NBC's Peacock and the service with 10-minute episodes called Quibi
1:22.0	will debut by May 2020.
1:24.3	It's a new TV universe where you, the viewer, have never had more choices or power to choose what you see
1:30.9	when you want, where you want. So why does it feel so bad?
1:35.3	I'm feeling overwhelmed.
1:38.3	That's Melanie Contaya, an actress and author who lives in Brooklyn.
1:42.0	Right before Apple jumped in, I felt like, okay, I can manage this.
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