Best and worst of 2020 TV: HBO, Zoom fatigue, streaming craziness, more
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
Ellen Pompeo in "Grey's Anatomy," which has made coronavirus-related stories a major element of this season. (Photo: ABC)ABC
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As 2020 crawls toward its merciful end, let’s take a moment to reflect on the role TV played in the year when a pandemic changed everything. With a public health crisis, economic devastation and a reckoning with racial injustice sweeping through the culture, TV offered context, information, disinformation, enlightenment, confusion and, sometimes, just escape.
With so many people following public officials’ advice to stay home, TV became a lifeline. No wonder use of such streaming services as Netflix and Disney Plus soared. Depending on what viewers watched, TV offered nostalgic reminders of pre-coronavirus life, brought current realities into focus or simply told compelling stories.