New TV Series Rely On Nostalgia To Hook Viewers

New TV Series Rely On Nostalgia To Hook Viewers

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From Happy Days to The Wonder Years, television has long looked to the past for inspiration. Some new shows dig into 1980s and ’90s nostalgia: The Get Down, Stranger Things and MacGyver among them.

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