About this episode

The episode discusses the decline of television's golden age and the industry's current identity crisis.

Television's golden age is over, replaced by one that’s decidedly more, as they say, “mid.” Audie and Ari weigh in on whether TV really got worse, the industry's post-prestige identity crisis, and the ingredients for making some of your favorite shows with TV’s best director, Hiro Murai (Widow's Bay, Atlanta, Station Eleven). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Audie, Ari

Guest: Hiro Murai

Topics covered

• television
• prestige TV
• media industry
• entertainment
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• prestige TV
• Hiro Murai
• television decline
• media commentary
• entertainment industry

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Widow's Bay, Atlanta, Station Eleven

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