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Jordan Stokes joins Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather to discuss a New York Times &#8220;Critics Notebook&#8221; by James Poniewozik decrying the phenomenon of &#8220;Mid TV,&#8221; shows with impressive pedigrees but muted artistic ambitions.


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<h2>Further Reading</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/27/arts/television/mid-tv.html">&#8220;The Comfortable Problem of Mid TV&#8221;</a> (NY Times)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.overthinkingit.com/2010/08/09/television-snackability/">&#8220;Towards a Theory of Television Snackability&#8221;</a> (Overthinking It)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108757/">E.R.</a> (IMDb)</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anxiety_of_Influence">The Anxiety of Influence</a> (Wikipedia)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788316/">Shogun</a> (IMDb)</li>
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Episode 827: Now I Actually Know Multiple Croatians

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