- But I love olds fandoms too,
like we have a Friends pop-up coming up,
I'm gonna bond with all those people.
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- No disrespect to the O.G.s,
Seinfeld, The Office, Sex in the City,
they're all great.
But, we're living in the Golden Age of Television,
and it seems kind of silly to keep watching
the same old shows over and over again.
- Well, I'm all for watching new series,
there's plenty of time to indulge in the nostalgia
that old series such as The Office and Friends offer.
Classics are classics for a reason.
- I've never watched a single episode of Friends.
- Blasphemy
- I just don't get the appeal of it,
and I feel like
- It's funny!
- Honestly, I don't have to watch it,
because everyone like cannot stop talking about it.
- But it's in everyday conversations because it's funny,
because it's classic, like we bond over that.
The whole point of it is kind of just saying it
to other people and being like, "that what she said"
from The Office, or something.
Like, in a silly but funny way.
- My big thing about like, The Office, Friends, Seinfeld,
all of these like old school shows
is that they truly have become an identity for people.
- Yeah, I get that too.
But, I also don't see these shows as my personality.
Like, it is just something that I like.
Like, everything that I like is not part of my personality.
If you watch Euphoria, if you watch Fleabag,
is that part of your personality?
- Yes, it is.
- Oh, okay.
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- Game of Thrones made me wait over a year
to watch this entire season,
and then only to be disappointed by it.
Like, at least if I turn on Gossip Girl,
I know what episodes I don't need to watch anymore,
because I'm like, "Oh, that one wasn't great."
But, I can still watch the ones that I know are great.
- Good things come to those who wait.
I love the anticipation.
I love the fandom that builds
before something new comes out.
You get to rally around it.
- From watching Friends, from watching The Office,
I know I'm going to laugh at them.
Like, I'm not putting on a new show and being like,
"Wow, this is boring."
I know it's funny already.
- And I think that's the really safe way to play television.
Because truly, and I know it is so cliche to say,
but we are like actually in the Golden Age of Television.
There's so many shows to watch, it almost feels kind of
redundant to go back to the same old show
over and over again.
- I watch all those new shows, but I also go back to them
for familiarity.
If I put on Friends before I go to sleep,
I know what's gonna happen,
but they're not over stimulating me.
Like, I'm gonna go to sleep on a good note.
Like, it's not keeping me awake at night.
- There's no reason why Netflix should ever spend
that much money on keeping a show on the air for that
Like, it's a 20 year plus old show,
- Yeah, and people are still watching it,
that's why they're buying it!
- Probably my biggest thing is how dated all of those
references, how dated all of those plot lines are.
Like, Friends has no diversity, which is the number one
reason why I never watched it.
Like, the fact that Aisha Tyler shows up in 2003
- Gabrielle Union was 2001
- Okay, dang!
- Lauren Tom was through season two!
- Oh! She had her facts!
- No, and I do agree that these shows are flawed.
But, that's not limited to the 90's and the oughts.
Like, that is very much still,
like I never see people who look like me on tv.
At 2019, Game of Thrones aired this year, and not perfect.
- What about Tuca & Bertie, what about One Day at a Time?
Like, we have the opportunity to have these more diverse
and unique perspectives on television,
but you've got people who do these huge campaigns
like on Twitter that's like,
"Please don't take away The Office for the fifth time
"Like it costs 20 million dollars
but we really wanna have it again!"
And it's like, we've got all of these shows
that are, you know, featuring women of color
that are featuring these differently abled people,
and these different story lines, and then they get
literally canned because they are spending
all of their budget keeping these old shows!
- I mean, these old shows do show like, I think they
push boundaries for the time,
like Friends showed the first lesbian wedding,
like look it up.
Even if Friends or The Office were not offered,
I'm not gonna tune in to a new tv show because it's there.
I'm only gonna tune in if I think
it's worthy of my time anyway.
- It just feels like a total waste of time to keep
pouring all this money into a show that literally
came out 20 plus years ago.
You know, we're just embracing this
staying comfortable thing.
And I feel like when you put on these shows
before you go to bed, like of course it's like
almost like a lullaby.
It feels so great to watch that before bed,
but it's like, we've got so much to see,
so much to hear from, (snap) wake up!
- To be clear, I'm all for watching new series.
But, watching reruns is a pastime enjoyed by millions.
It offers an escape from the real world.
There are no feelings of disappointment,
just joy and fulfillment.
- Get out of this echo chamber of
Jim, Pam, Charlotte, Miranda, Carrie.
There are so many things out there that we need
to hear and experience.
I think it's time to watch another show.
- All those offer... nope.
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