On Fall TV And Whether Criticism Is Too Nice

On Fall TV And Whether Criticism Is Too Nice

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This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See’s Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and guest Barrie Hardymon talk about the fall TV season. What looks awful and what looks interesting? They also discuss Jacob Silverman’s recent Slate essay, “Against Enthusiasm.” Has book criticism and criticism in general become too nice? All that, plus What’s Making Us Happy this week.