Earnest journalists navigate gritty newsroom drama, facing corporate pressures and personal entanglements with suspenseful resolve.
Intimate. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Max.
It stays inside its TV-MA, with some innuendo or implied sex and some violence.
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A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.
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Chicago Med (2015)Gritty · full attention · emotionally heavy · measuredDoctors navigate the intimate, suspenseful chaos of an urban emergency room, forging fiery relationships amidst topical cases
The Good Doctor (2017)Earnest · comfort watch · emotionally heavy · measuredAn autistic surgeon with savant syndrome navigates hospital politics while saving lives with his extraordinary medical gifts.
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Queer as Folk (2000)Dry wit · gritty · full attention · emotionally heavyA group of gay friends in Pittsburgh navigate life, love, and community with gritty intimacy and dark humor.
House (2004)Dry wit · cerebral · late-night trip · emotionally heavyA misanthropic medical genius unravels complex cases with gritty determination and darkly-comic wit.Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.
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