People are struggling financially. Even on TV.

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Aug 14, 202623:38Society & Culture

Welcome to the age of ‘Broke TV.’ It seems like the days of prestige TV shows about the wealthy elite have been replaced by the vocal majority: the downwardly mobile. New Yorker TV critic, Inkoo Kang , noticed that her f...

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