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The unstoppable rise of ‘Dad TV’

The unstoppable rise of ‘Dad TV’

Amazon Prime’s ‘Reacher’ is the latest high-gloss, testosterone-fuelled series aimed at middle-aged men. 

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They don’t ask deep questions about the meaning of life. There is little romance. And there are certainly no bonnets or grand society balls. But, even though shows like Billions or Blue Bloods or The Boys receive virtually no press and even less critical acclaim, they have a large, loyal audience. And that audience can be summed up in one word: dads.

Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher in the Amazon Prime series “Reacher”: Hard power in human form. 

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