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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I adored superstore. I love how I think back of the show and nothing comes to mind because everything was painfully ordinary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. That was a surprising gem to stumble upon

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

TV Broadcasters: "oh, so you want more shitty 'reality TV' then?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I wanna see 2 roommates working 2 jobs and still can't afford to pay the rent for their shithole apartment

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE

(Also please Disney don't fuck up the sequel)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Sequel? Modern Disney? Oh fuck...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I don't keep up with current shows but here are my favorites from the last 20 years or so, not exactly about "normal" people but they aren't rich:

Raising Hope
Firefly
Battlestar Galactica
Trailer Park Boys
Malcolm in the Middle
The Middle
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The New Girl

Tbh there really are a shit ton more TV shows about normal people than about rich people. Not sure how you are even having trouble finding them. And of course there are always game shows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I know, and thanks to the marvels of the Internet, I watched an episode last night - isn't that awesome?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Raising Hope was great, especially the first couple seasons.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

2021 reboot

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If we redistributed all excess wealth perpetually they wouldn't exist anymore and we would stop treating them like kings and gods.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Then we'd find another way to identify the top of the social heirarchy and watch shows about them

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It would be about the smart people who forward the human race and they would get credit for it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol. That would be such a boring TV show.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not necessarily. Smart people have interesting lives too.

You don't lose a character arc just because you have more than two brain cells

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"Good people get along and do good things and get credit for it" is not how you make a thrilling drama, lol. I would much rather watch an actor who is a sociopath play a character who is also a sociopath in House of Cards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

No one is saying don't make thrilling drama. But there's a wildly successful British baking show that proves wholesome works too.

Instead of defaulting to cynicism and worshipping money/power, let's make some thrilling drama that don't involve shitty rich people.

I bet you watching rich fuckers eat shit would sell very well given the current climate of neo-feudalism

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Skills issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Bob <3 (hearts) Abishola

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Detectorists

Northern Exposure

Abbott Elementary

All Creatures Great and Small

Black Books

Bored to Death

Bridget & Eamon

The Cafe

Cheers

The Cleaner

The IT Crowd

King of the Hill

Letterkenny

Peep Show

Shameless

Spaced

Tacoma FD

Taxi

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Watch Andor, if you wanna see ordinary people fight the power

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Normal people are boring. I want to watch TV shows about wizards.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But not the kkk wizards. And if so, be Rick and Morty chopping them into little pieces like the trash they are.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'd be down to watch a dark comedy about kkk wizards.

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