Do you ever watch ashow, and the second you look away, all you hear is gibberish?
Have you become overly reliant on subtitles?
Accordingto a Preply study, half of Americans watch content with subtitles most of the time.
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Its hard to keep track of quick dialogue when there are so many words being thrown at us.
Because of this, Kapwing ran a study wherethey reviewed TV series with the most dialogue.
They counted the subtitles from themost popular TV showsfor the latest 50 episodes and divided them by episode length.
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This is how they determined the average words per minute for each show.
FromFrasiertoNew Girl, many ofthe best comedy serieshave quick, witty dialogue.
Frasier leaves Boston and moves to his hometown of Seattle, where he starts a radio talk show.
By the time the series ended in 2004, Grammar had played this role for over two decades.
The cast, their chemistry, and the comedy between them were undeniable and clearly very wordy.
The Big Bang Theorybrought its own form of humor.
A mixture of hyper-specific scientific and intellectual jokes, along with the usual, more easily understood humor.
The series was massively successful and led to two spinoffs Young SheldonandGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.
The series follows the premise of what happens when an uber-wealthy family loses all their wealth.
ImagineKeeping Up with Kardashianssuddenly broke, and now they are living in a motel.
Schitts Creekwasn’t very popular until it skyrocketed, thanks toNetflixsstreaming boost.
Barris has described the series as semi-biographical.
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For example,Tracee Ellis Rossscharacter is an anesthesiologist named Rainbow.
Barriss wife is also an anesthesiologist named Rainbow.
WhileYara Shahidihad been in roles before,Black-ishlaunched her career.
It also featuredRosssreturn to television after her popular run onGirlfriends.Black-ishran for eight seasons and spawned two spinoffsGrown-ishandMixed-ish.
1 TV series of 2012 byTime.
The series launched the careers of many, includingAziz AnsariandAubrey Plaza.
It received 12 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series.
Imagine if the colorful girl next door lived in your apartment, and her roommates were three other guys.
The single-camera comedy follows them over seven seasons, and you see Jess and Nick fall in love.
After the show was put on Netflix,New Girlspopularity skyrocketed.
The series received five Emmy and five Golden Globe nominations.
The show was so popular thatPrinceasked for a cameo on the show.
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Its an ensemble cast that follows three kinds of families: step, same-sex, and nuclear.
Perhaps most importantly, this show presented the world with talents likeSofia VergaraandSarah Hyland, to name a few.
The series was a smash, with critics winning22 Emmys, including five times for Outstanding Comedy.
The series surrounds a narcissistic group of friends who run a bar in Philadelphia.
The final season was also completely rewritten after the murder of George Floyd.
The eighth season attempted to cover police brutality with sensitivity and comedy.
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