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What kind of TV are we talking about here?
It is a prompt, and we get to fill in the blanks.
(I give you, for example,The Gilded Age.)
Sometimes, though, mid-ness is an emptiness that fails to fully engage.
Its must-see TVs bland sister, TV thats best when you havent seen more than two-thirds of it.
The mid of yesteryear wasGunsmokeandOzzie and Harriet; its corollary today isSuits,Lessons in Chemistry, andFUBAR.
Embracing and enjoying this TV is an act of numbing, and theres a pleasure in that, too.
No one wants a world without anesthesia.
Then theres the larger impression that TV is simply not at its best right now.
Its hard to discover and appreciate those shows when the whole atmosphere feels stagnant.
But a lot of the summer isnotgoing to be that, and you know what?
But there are ways to not just endure but embrace a summer of You know what?
Allow us to show you.Kathryn VanArendonk
.If You Cant Stomach That Definition of Mid
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Is it flattering or infuriating that theres a copycat band mimicking their whole deal?
But like a snapped guitar string or an askew hijab, we can fix that.
But following theReal Housewivesis a little bit like following professional sports.
One season your team is winning the Super Bowl, and the next theyre back in the minor leagues.
(Thats how sports work, right?
I dont watch.)
I suggest taking this as the rare opportunity to get into aHousewivesfranchise at the ground level.
Still, for Torres acolytes, it is certifiably mid within his own repertoire.
The show follows a bereft Torres in search of a lost golden oyster (of course?)
and features imagined vignettes that err on the side of not-quite twee.
Alexas deal is that shes grumpy, and also that she bakes bread?
Look, it doesnt really matter.
This applies, too, to the people on your television.
Except … are they actually dead?
Or is there a big conspiracy afoot?
Its so cheap that it has no business being as good as it is.
AndCobra Kaiis by no means good-good.
This is not a bad thing!
You might not because, as a TV broadcast, it waspretty mid.
Think the opening ceremony will feature athletes from different countries marching around an arena?
Nah, theyre doing this one Lonely Island style: on a boat, motherfucker.
), basketball, track and field.
Most Summer Olympics show beach volleyball on a beach.
This years spikers will play in front of the Eiffel Tower because they can.
In total, there will be more than 5,000 hours of Olympic coverage on NBC and Peacock.
So even if some of that is mid can we admit that watching long-distance cycling is always kinda mid?
it cantallbe mid.Jen Chaney
