I am sick of seeing the rich and powerful on my screen. Where are all the TV shows about normal people? | Rebecca Shaw

theguardian.comPublished: 5/1/2025

Summary

Mrs TV, love you girl but I’m calling you in: I need TV shows to stop focusing on satirising class only via the lives of rich white people (and occasionally the people around them). But most importantly, Mrs TV, I am just sick to death of the rich and powerful. Is it to feel some level of power, theorising about their rich inner lives and rich outer lives and watching them go through human experiences, as if it helps us? What really resonated with me was watching shows like Roseanne. It’s not a coincidence that many of the best TV shows made about the lower classes are comedies, or about funny people.