Middlebrow “Blue Sky” USA Network shows ~2006-14 are an Age of Innocence preceding the Great Weirding. Psych (2006-14), White Collar (2009-14), Burn Notice (2007-13). Charming recession escapism. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Network# …"Characters_Welcome",_the_"blue_sky"_era_(2005–2016)
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Also Monk, Royal Pains. What is fascinating is that all these shows were very popular but were kinda ignored between the stale network fare post 90s (Raymond, Two and a Half Men) on one hand, and premium mediocre HBO-grade “golden age” TV.
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When I look back at this period, it strikes me that this basic cable genre was the soul of pre-Weirding American culture before being basic/normie became impossible due to Weirding, culture wars.
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Obviously I really enjoy this stuff and have rewatched all of these shows a couple of times. They are post 9/11 and recession and have cellphones (transitioning to iPhones halfway through), so they’re modern in almost every way, except for that innocence that was lost after.
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Yeah social media doesn’t feature much in these but isn’t absent entirely.
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