Mary McNamara: Most TV made in quarantine was forgettable. But 'Staged' should go in a time capsule
by Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times
Dec 29, 2020
4 minutes
Once upon a time, way back in the early days of the pandemic (which is to say eight months ago), many makers of television scrambled to create shows to both reflect the experience of isolation and distract viewers who were experiencing it. Casts of classic shows and films reassembled via Zoom, John Krasinski offered "Some Good News" and A-list music performers remotely created televised concerts. These valiant efforts were closely followed by scripted series with titles like "Love in the Time of Corona" and "Social Distance," which attempted to capture this very strange, scary and creatively unique time. Though novel and welcome, most were fatally ephemeral, even self-consciously so
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