The YouTube TV-Recap Canon

The channels to follow.

And a few reactors, too.

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Tell that to YouTubes TV recappers.

(Seriously, there are more hours of YouTube videos aboutThe Idolthan there are hours ofThe Idol.

)The genre is a good way to catch up on something extremely long running, likeDegrassiorGreys Anatomy.

For the uninitiated, here is a canon of the most important creators in the TV recap game today.

Home to overarching theories, formal experimentation, and feature-length run times.

Watching all ofGreys Anatomyso we dont have to?

Breaking down the slow-motion crime scene that isDance Moms?

amandabb is off-the-cuff funny whether shes talking about current series likeSelling Sunsetor older Disney Channel and Nickelodeon fare.

She has an especially strong knack for giving underserved teen shows their due.

(TheirThe Chairrecap manages to bridge TV-recap coverage and YouTuber-drama coverage.)

The TV rants cover everything fromMILF ManortoShe-Hulkwith the energy and verve of your shit-talking work spouse.

(That racism, for what its worth, was about Emily being racist to white French people.)

We watch them watch.

Her most-viewed video watchingEuphoriafor the first time set off her best reaction series yet.

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The couple that reacts to big-budget genre TV together, slays together.

Benji and Rizzo bring industry knowledge to their live commentary.

Youd be amazed at how you’re free to get the gist of a show this way.

Its a double whammy, a way of promoting its new content while carving out an audience on YouTube.

Short n snappy.

Sometimes he breaks out into song.

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