About this episode

The episode discusses the contrasting receptions of the romantic series 'Off Campus' and 'Every Year After' on Prime Video amidst a summer of romance adaptations.

It's a hot romance adaptation summer. After years suffering through a rom-com movie desert, streamers have discovered that rom-com television series might just be where its at. At a time when heterosexual dating has never seemed bleaker and toxic men are wreaking societal destruction at the highest levels of government and tech, it makes sense that a lot of us are yearning for the uncomplicated fantasy of safe men to love. In mid-May "Off Campus" became a runaway hit for Prime Video. Based on the first book in Elle Kennedy's sexy hockey series, millions of viewers fell in swoony, embarrassing levels of love with the romance between Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli) and Hannah Wells (Ella Bright). The show shot to the top of the streaming charts, launched a viral soundtrack , and spawned a spate of thinkpieces about why women in their 30s and 40s couldn't stop watching . (The two of us were among them.) So when we saw that "Every Year After," a show based on Carley Fortune's bestselling novel "Every Summer After," was also coming to Prime Video, we were anticipating another banger. Unfortunately, where "Off Campus" broke through with fans and critics, "Every Summer After" decidedly…

People in this episode

Host: Emma Gray

Topics covered

• romantic adaptations
• streaming series
• toxic masculinity
• female viewership
• rom-coms
• cultural commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Prime Video, The Summer I Turned Pretty

Books & works: Off Campus, Every Year After, Every Summer After

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