so i guess we're doing tv shows now huh
Been cocking our eyebrows lately at mainstream media’s whiplash change of interest from short-form videos to more traditional TV shows on Netflix & co. (see: Vox, BuzzFeed, the Times).
Still, the news about the NYT turning their Overlooked obituary series into an original anthology series with Paramount Television is one we’ll get behind, mostly because wethinks the audience for this show — which looks like it’ll be a deep dive into the lives of fascinating & overlooked women throughout history — will be a wee bit broader than just journalists wanting to see themselves on TV.
To give you an idea of the sheer possibilities this show could embody, make time today to read this astounding Times obituary of Dovey Johnson Roundtree, a civil rights lawyer and legend who you’ll be ashamed to not have learned about in school.
Like Deez Links? Forward this to journalist TV shows that don’t stare actual journalists, k thanx.