The Year in TV & Movies

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🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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As we approach the end of 2024, critics, reporters and editors at The New York Times are reflecting on the year in arts and culture, including television and film.The Times’s chief television critic James Poniewozik and chief film critic Manohla Dargis talk with Melissa Kirsch, the deputy editor of Culture and Lifestyle, about why recent entertainment offerings may feel a little “blah,” and also recommend shows and movies that stand out.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Michael. As I mentioned yesterday, for our last few episodes of 2024, we're bringing you something really special.
0:08.9	Today and for the next three days, my colleague Melissa Kirsch, is going to talk to Times critics, reporters, and editors who have spent the last 12 months making sense of the year in arts and culture.
0:22.4	Take a listen. I think you're really going to like it.
0:31.5	From the New York Times, this is the Daily.
0:34.5	I'm Melissa Kirsch, Deputy Editor of Culture and Lifestyle.
0:41.4	As we close out 2024, I'll be talking with my colleagues around the newsroom about what they watched and
0:45.9	listened to and read this year, about the things they loved and the things they didn't love.
0:52.5	Today, chief television critic James Panoazek is here to talk about why TV might feel a little
0:58.6	blah right now.
1:01.5	And then our chief film critic Manola Dargis on her favorite movies of 2024 and why you
1:07.0	shouldn't let the algorithm tell you what to watch.
1:10.6	It's Thursday, December 26th.
1:17.4	Jim Panoazik, thanks so much for being here.
1:20.2	Oh, thanks for having me.
1:21.8	Okay, so Jim, fill in the blank.
1:23.9	In the world of television, 2024 was the year of...
1:27.9	Mid TV.
1:29.6	Mid TV.
1:30.9	Yeah.
1:31.3	It's not great.
1:32.8	It's not terrible.
1:33.9	It's just mid.
	...

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