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'The Pitt' and 'Adolescence' offer a radical, real-time approach to TV storytelling

By David Bianculli
Published March 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM EDT

Each episode HBO's The Pitt presents an hour of a shift in a Pittsburgh ER, while each episode of Netflix's brilliant Adolescence considers the murder of a teenage girl from a different point of view.

Copyright 2025 NPR
David Bianculli
David Bianculli is a guest host and TV critic on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. A contributor to the show since its inception, he has been a TV critic since 1975.
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