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TMC · 02-26-2021, 02:33 AM

, but it's proof that the Netflix algorithm is working

https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/2/...-gilmore-girls

"A mother and daughter, fleeing their problems, settle down in a picturesque New England town," says Alison Herman. "The mother had the daughter when she was a teenager; now the daughter is a teenager herself. Sometimes, the two feel more like sisters than parent and child, a dynamic as charming as it is codependent. Their rapport is fast-paced and peppered with pop culture references, from Grease to Gone With the Wind, that only underscore the idea they’re working from the same shared pool of knowledge. Ginny & Georgia is not Gilmore Girls, but it’s all too aware you’ll make the connection. (See the trailer, where Georgia actually says 'We’re like the Gilmore Girls, but with bigger boobs.') A simple Google search of the new Netflix drama yields scores of headlines that draw the all-too-short line between A and B. Those headlines are the result of search engine optimization, a common practice to game the algorithms that help organize the infinite chaos of the internet into something more manageable. Which fits, because Ginny & Georgia itself feels like the result of a more targeted form of SEO: the way a streaming service built on volume and universal appeal organizes its vast catalog under arcane principles like 'taste clusters' and hyper-specific genres like 'Critically Acclaimed Feel-Good TV Shows' and 'Movies Based on Real Life.' Gilmore Girls proper has been a part of Netflix’s catalog since the fall of 2014. Through a licensing deal forged to stock Netflix’s digital shelves, the service introduced a new generation of fans to Rory and Lorelai. Two years later, Netflix capitalized on the show’s popularity in the most literal way possible: producing and hosting a sequel, the four-part miniseries A Year in the Life. Now, the service had a way to keep fans safely within its walled garden even after they had completed their binge—and make Gilmore Girls a permanent part of the Netflix brand, not one entirely contingent on contracts.... Once the viewer presses play, however, Ginny & Georgia doesn’t feel anything like Gilmore Girls."

02-26-2021, 02:33 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,545	Ginny & Georgia is nothing like Gilmore Girls... , but it's proof that the Netflix algorithm is working https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/2/...-gilmore-girls "A mother and daughter, fleeing their problems, settle down in a picturesque New England town," says Alison Herman. "The mother had the daughter when she was a teenager; now the daughter is a teenager herself. Sometimes, the two feel more like sisters than parent and child, a dynamic as charming as it is codependent. Their rapport is fast-paced and peppered with pop culture references, from Grease to Gone With the Wind, that only underscore the idea they’re working from the same shared pool of knowledge. Ginny & Georgia is not Gilmore Girls, but it’s all too aware you’ll make the connection. (See the trailer, where Georgia actually says 'We’re like the Gilmore Girls, but with bigger boobs.') A simple Google search of the new Netflix drama yields scores of headlines that draw the all-too-short line between A and B. Those headlines are the result of search engine optimization, a common practice to game the algorithms that help organize the infinite chaos of the internet into something more manageable. Which fits, because Ginny & Georgia itself feels like the result of a more targeted form of SEO: the way a streaming service built on volume and universal appeal organizes its vast catalog under arcane principles like 'taste clusters' and hyper-specific genres like 'Critically Acclaimed Feel-Good TV Shows' and 'Movies Based on Real Life.' Gilmore Girls proper has been a part of Netflix’s catalog since the fall of 2014. Through a licensing deal forged to stock Netflix’s digital shelves, the service introduced a new generation of fans to Rory and Lorelai. Two years later, Netflix capitalized on the show’s popularity in the most literal way possible: producing and hosting a sequel, the four-part miniseries A Year in the Life. Now, the service had a way to keep fans safely within its walled garden even after they had completed their binge—and make Gilmore Girls a permanent part of the Netflix brand, not one entirely contingent on contracts.... Once the viewer presses play, however, Ginny & Georgia doesn’t feel anything like Gilmore Girls."