{"id":34008,"date":"2026-08-09T05:52:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34008"},"modified":"2026-08-09T05:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:52:46","slug":"the-three-worst-tv-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34008","title":{"rendered":"The Three Worst TV Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap body dropcap\">The peak TV era is long gone, and fewer shows are being made now compared to even a few years ago. So maybe it\u2019s time to take a closer look at what <em>kinds<\/em> of shows are actually being made. This week on <em><a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/little-gold-men-by-vanity-fair\/id1042433465\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/little-gold-men-by-vanity-fair\/id1042433465&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/little-gold-men-by-vanity-fair\/id1042433465\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Little Gold Men<\/a>,<\/em> we pick three TV trends that we\u2019d like to see canceled\u2014or at least put into hibernation for a bit.<\/p>\n<p>We begin with adaptations of airport novels\u2014breezy reads often about rich people dealing with dead bodies\u2014a trend that really kicked off with the huge success of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/big-little-lies\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Big Little Lies<\/a>,<\/em> the starry HBO show featuring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Laura Dern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cIt inspired a lot of imitators, and none live up to the original\u2014not even the second season of <em>Big Little Lies,<\/em>\u201d says <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> features editor Hillary Busis. \u201cYou can\u2019t capture that lightning again, which has not stopped TV networks and streamers from trying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The dozens of similar shows that have followed, many of them starring Kidman as well\u2014she can also be found in <em>The Undoing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/09\/expats-lulu-wang-awards-insider?\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Expats<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/nine-perfect-strangers-season-2-first-look-nicole-kidman\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Nine Perfect Strangers<\/a>,<\/em> and <em>The Perfect Couple<\/em>\u2014have varied in quality. <em>Sharp Objects<\/em> drew critical praise; more recent <em>Big Little Lies<\/em> descendents, like <em>Imperfect Women<\/em> and <em>The Five-Star Weekend,<\/em> have had a much more tepid reception.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The <em>Little Gold Men<\/em> team is also getting tired of fictionalized true crime series. The 2017 Netflix hit <em>Mindhunter<\/em> made a strong impression\u2014but not every show based on a real-life case can look like it was made by David Fincher. More recent entries in the genre, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/the-twisted-tale-of-amanda-knox-true-story-trailer-key-art\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\"><em>The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox<\/em><\/a> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/ellen-pompeo-interview-good-american-family-natalie-grac\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Good American Family<\/a>,<\/em> have hardly made an impression; too many of these shows bring nothing new to stories that have already been told and retold through documentaries and numerous news pieces. \u201cWe didn\u2019t really move the narrative forward, and we\u2019re seeing that more and more,\u201d says <em>Little Gold Men<\/em> cohost John Ross.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iJvQnD cOWUYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fnduJP iaVSwI asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kFnjvc eKnjjD responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jKunQM gjCCFj AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a735848c0ec8e76802ef97d\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/175431_0014_V1.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a735848c0ec8e76802ef97d\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/175431_0014_V1.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a735848c0ec8e76802ef97d\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/175431_0014_V1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a735848c0ec8e76802ef97d\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/175431_0014_V1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a735848c0ec8e76802ef97d\/master\/w_768,c_limit\/175431_0014_V1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a735848c0ec8e76802ef97d\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/175431_0014_V1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a735848c0ec8e76802ef97d\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/175431_0014_V1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a735848c0ec8e76802ef97d\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/175431_0014_V1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a735848c0ec8e76802ef97d\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/175431_0014_V1.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-bpPcvW kzGGxb caption AssetEmbedCaption-eZIMNW gMgneI asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionText-cQpRdU klhnDX hbiMYj caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p><em>The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionCredit-cUgOGk gsdIcD hRFzlA caption__credit\">Andrea Miconi\/Disney<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The peak TV era is long gone, and fewer shows are being made now compared to even a few years ago. So maybe it\u2019s time to take a closer look at what kinds of shows are actually being made. This week on Little Gold Men, we pick three TV trends that we\u2019d like to see&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a73581dc6c29fad3b62eff3\/16:9\/w_1280,c_limit\/LGM%20TV%20Trends.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}