Cristina Daura

A good hate-watch

You hate that show. Why are you still watching it? It’s like taking a vacation with someone you can’t stand just so you can complain about them later.

Like it or not, hate-watching is now part of the cultural conversation and arguably of contemporary life. We start watching a show because it looks appealing, but often we keep watching because we want to complain about it.

My colleague Alissa Wilkinson, who has hate-watched “The Gilded Age,” “Tiny Pretty Things,” “The Morning Show,” “And Just Like That …” and, of course, “Emily in Paris,” explains why we can’t get enough of these TV shows.