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Good TV is where ambition meets your expectations

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Dan Barrett
Apr 24, 2026
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The enjoyment we have for a TV show is based on finding that meeting point between the scale of ambition for a show and our perception on where that scale needs to be.

The new Stranger Things spin-off Tales From ‘85 has a really broad mix of critical response. Alison Herman at Variety, for example was disappointed in the show. Her criticism exemplified t…

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