Best and worst of 2020 TV: HBO, Zoom fatigue, streaming craziness, more By Kristi Turnquist, oregonlive.com
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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.
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Best and worst of 2020 TV: HBO, Zoom fatigue, streaming craziness, more
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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.
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What a strange, tragic and pivotal year 2020 has been. It s somewhat fitting that in a period when truth was stranger than fiction, some of the best TV and film efforts were based on real-life events.
The list below includes a range of works - from biographical films and documentaries to TV shows based on real people - released this year that we recommend.
Us – January
Full of humour and heartbreak, this miniseries stars Tom Hollander (Baptiste), Saskia Reeves (Luther) and Sofie Gråbøl (The Killing). Connie and Douglas are set for a grand tour of Europe. It’s one last family holiday before their only son Albie leaves for university. But just days before departure, Connie announces she wants a divorce. They nonetheless continue with the trip in some of the world’s most beautiful cities – from Amsterdam and Paris, to Venice and Barcelona. Douglas sees this as a make-or-break chance to win Connie back and restore his troubled relationship with their teenage son. As love takes a detour, will Douglas get his marriage back on track? BBC FIRST & ON DEMAND
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