I wrote a long article involving hate-watching which was 'inspired' by Emily in Paris. This is, I think the kind of series, that would have run one season on Fox in the 1990s before being cancelled, that HBO, Showtime and FX have spent their time rebelling against, and sets the comedy - never mind woman - back ten years further than ...And Just Like That.

I blame streaming and the algorithm more than anything else. Apparently there's an entire generation who will run into these kinds of shows accidentally on Netflix and then be so afraid to ruin their algorithm that they don't bother to turn away from them. If this is the ikind of show they find entertaining I can only say Okay Gen Z.

I don't get the mindset of people who hatewatch these days. I get the reasoning for it - I did it myself for more than my share of Shondaland series before there was even a word for it - but I was willing to put the effort in. I would tune in every week to the channel. I programmed by VCR. I did the work. If these kids are so lazy to loose there place in the algorithm that TYPING THE NAMES OF THEIR FAVORITE SHOWS is too much work, I get why they're upset about climate change really. They can't even be bother to type in the first letters of the shows they like and let the algorithm do the rest. That's a different kind of privlelege, though I'm not sure it's just white. (IN eMILY in Paris, however, I'm inclined to agree with you on that.)

If Emily in Paris isn't the biggest argument against streaming TV, I don't know what is. (Well, Ozark, Tiny Beautiful Things, Bridgerton, A Murder at the End of the World... well, those are my opinions anyway.)