CBS' Wisdom of the Crowd is like Uber for formulaic drama

The New York Times

“The formula, roughly: Rich jerk invents technology,” says James Poniewozik. “Rich jerk suffers personal tragedy. Rich jerk suddenly has a reason to care about the outside world. Rich jerk applies his technology to solve a problem related to aforementioned tragedy. Rich jerk gets pushback from the establishment. But rich jerk’s technology works! Thanks, rich jerk!” On the new CBS crime show, Jeremy Piven plays the rich jerk.

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