A Case for Bleak TV & Feel-Bad Entertainment
I finally got up my courage to watch 'The Pitt', finding catharsis and community in dark shows. Plus: Every awards show now has a good host!
Before I dive in today, a quick congratulations to Nate Bargatze — but even more so to the Television Academy, which successfully hired the world’s best-selling stand-up comedian to host September’s Emmy Awards. Bargatze, with his pointedly apolitical and fami…