How teen TV is replacing repetition with authenticity: ‘a reprieve from the algorithm’

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Off Campus, The Summer I Turned Pretty and Sterling Point are winning viewers with grounded coming-of-age themes Annie Jacobson has a 10-step skincare routine, a voice-activated white noise machine, the wardrobe of a Uniqlo mom, and no desire for any…

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