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722 points gaws | 3 comments | 01 Feb 25 21:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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teej ◴[01 Feb 25 22:42 UTC] No.42903220[source]▶
This is a recreation of a fictional computer program from the excellent Apple TV show - Severance.

The work is mysterious, and important.

Season 2 is going now. It’s one of my top 3 shows of the last decade, highly recommend it.

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pavlov ◴[01 Feb 25 23:30 UTC] No.42903687[source]▶
“The Americans” doesn’t get enough love as one of the top shows of the past decade.

The darkness sneaks up on you. The people who start out seeming like James Bond characters end up carrying the full intolerable weight of their lies and destructive actions. People who looked like side characters are followed up with entire life stories in the shadows.

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cududa ◴[02 Feb 25 17:18 UTC] No.42910010[source]▶
The Americans absolutely gets enough love as one of the top shows of the past decade. People say that all the time
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1. zemo ◴[02 Feb 25 18:44 UTC] No.42910708[source]▶
critics say that, but its viewership is low compared to other dramas. Usually when I tell people that it's one of my favorite shows, their response is that they've never seen it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Americans_episodes...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prison_Break_episodes#...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lost_episodes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Game_of_Thrones_episod...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_(TV_series)#Rat...

^ compare the viewership. The Americans was getting fewer than a million viewers in its final seasons, Lost regularly got over ten million. You can't easily chalk it up to just the fact that Lost was on network; The Last of Us was getting more than 10x the viewership of The Americans and it was on HBO. While The Americans is very critically acclaimed, it is not as widely watched as it really should be.

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2. chelical ◴[03 Feb 25 05:38 UTC] No.42915317[source]▶
There must be a disconnect between viewers and critics, because viewership declined over its entire run. Compare that with a true masterpiece like Breaking Bad which saw viewership consistently increase over the course of its run.
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3. Capricorn2481 ◴[03 Feb 25 06:32 UTC] No.42915554[source]▶
Pretty rare for any show to increase in viewership year over year. Breaking Bad had monumental word of mouth towards the end. Better call Saul dropped year over year but was still fantastic.