There's a place in the TV landscape — or there should be — for the kind of easy-to-watch shows you pick when you're tired or distracted. Read Nina_Metz's latest column.
Nearly half of the top 10 streaming shows in late June were “library” titles. Meaning, shows that originated somewhere else and are now licensed by a streaming platform. TheLooking at that list, journalist-turned-screenwriter Oriana Schwindt made an
Maybe that’s because Hollywood is out of practice. The rise of serialized shows have become the default and — with shorter seasons and loftier ambitions, at least on the surface — they are antithetical to all the qualities needed for a good background show.The Hollywood Reporter that streamers have taken to calling background shows “visual Muzak.”
For now, there’s “Suits,” which arrived on Netflix in June and set a viewing record for an acquired series on the streaming platform.“Suits” ran for nine seasons, from 2011-2019, on the USA Network. Like most basic cable networks, USA has since abandoned original scripted programming, which has led to a dearth of my beloved background TV.
Midway through the show’s run, star Angela Lansbury was getting burned out, so producers devised a workaround: Create stand-alone episodes with different investigators at the story’s center. Sometimes it’s a cop. One time it’s a law student played by Shaun Cassidy. More frequently, it’s a dashing and witty jewel thief-turned-insurance investigator played by Keith Michell.
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