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NBC has a show called “The Nightly News”, and from 2017-2021 the writing was completely insane and the main characters were basically cartoonish villains, but it was hard not to watch. There were tons of other viewers and an ungodly number of fan sites online to discuss the various sub-plots and characters.
By early 2020, one of the 2019 sub-plots went completely viral and millions of people didn’t even leave their houses.
In late 2020, one of the main characters was voted off the show and it became a whole “thing”. The writers, ultimately, didn’t really remove the character—just minimized him to a series of courtroom B-stories, and the occasional fan-service appearance.
The show is still on, but I think it must have different show runners these days.
We found the crazy MAGA person here
They literally called Trump a cartoonish villain lol.
Sounded like they were saying the anchors were.
That was my impression too but after rereading it, I wonder if it's satire taking a dig at our insane reality in the US.
I thought that initially as well (actually I thought it was the shitty Tina fey news spoof for a second, I won’t lie), but they call trump a character later
Doesn't seem crazy or MAGA to me at all.