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The Pitt was the smash TV hit of 2025, not just because it's possibly the most realistic medical drama of all time, but also because it captured what it feels like to experience American news in 2025. As The Pitt returns for its second season, let's look back at what made the first season a masterpiece — its ability to direct our attention to the things that truly matter.

????????Yellowstone was one of the most popular series in American TV history, being the most watched non-NFL broadcast in America for 2 straight years. Its success has convinced 2 massive media companies to invest $1 billion in its creator each. It has spawned a TV universe of 11 shows and is still growing. However, there still remains a debate over whether Yellowstone is a "red state show."

????????Zootopia is a city where animals of all kinds can come together to live in harmony. Well, unless you're a reptile. Or a fish. And as long as living together means living on opposite sides of massive walls. Let's talk about Zootopias 1 & 2 — movies that have been praised for progressive messages, but that seem to uphold some pretty regressive ideas about race, policing, and how society should be structured.????????

????Coming of age in the mid-2000s, I remember dozens of long drawn out debates around torture and its efficacy. Despite the reams of academia pointing out its practical and ethical flaws, and while the US is arguably doing more torture than ever before, nobody's debating anymore. Torture has become normalized. Why the change? Presenting exhibit A: the TV show 24, which has done more to normalize torture than any other piece of media in the history of America.????