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Is Covid-TV hitting a little too close to home?

caption: Alone in their apartment, a person props up their feet on a table to sit back and watch something on Netflix
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Alone in their apartment, a person props up their feet on a table to sit back and watch something on Netflix

Okay, fine. Seattle Grace Hospital doctors were bound to face the pandemic. What about the other shows?

When you turn on the television (or open a new tab) you can get lost in the world of a romantic period drama or pleasant cooking competition. But not all shows are providing the perfect escape from life in a pandemic. As networks and streaming services try to do business safely and profitably, the pandemic has crept into many plotlines and production styles.

Bill Radke spoke with Melanie McFarland, a TV Critic for Salon.com, about watching television made in the Covid bubble.

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