Hello friends, lovers, and blog readers. It’s Nikkie here with a brief post to set up my next foray into what I’m calling “TV for White People.”

As you’ll recall, back in 2016, I watched the entirety of Gilmore Girls. The show never called to me when it was airing, though I knew my mom watched it for at least two seasons, and it was an abject boredom (and a bunch of “What Should I Binge” quizzes) that finally led me to its door. And I hated it. I hated Rory, I hated Lorelai, I hated Luke, I hated Emily—I hated it all!

But, I felt like it was interesting to watch a show that, ultimately, felt like it wasn’t made with someone like me, a black chick in her late 20s, in mind. It made me wonder how I’d feel about other shows from around the same time (late 90s, early 2000s) that also had a very clear “white people” audience.

Against my better judgment, I decided I needed to dive back in. So that end, I made a Twitter poll asking people to choose between four options: Felicity, Gossip Girl, Dawson’s Creek, and Friday Night Lights.

From a whopping EIGHT VOTES, half went to Friday Night Lights. I suppose that was my fault; I knew it was a really popular show outside the vein of Gilmore Girls or Gossip Girl, but I also knew it was super white because it’s about a high school football team in Texas. So on the list it went—though now I kinda wish I’d put Everwood because I watched maybe one episode when it was airing simply because Sport from Harriet the Spy was the main character.

But I didn’t, so here we are! As I plan to keep doing this kind of thing until I run out of shows I didn’t care about when they aired, I’m sure the losers of the poll will get their time to shine.

Until then: I’ll be diving deep into some toxic football culture this month and blogging at the end of every season.

See you soon!
Nikkie