J.J. Abrams credits Atlanta and Fleabag for breaking new ground in television

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Abrams spoke about Donald Glover's Atlanta and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag as a surprise guest at Saturday's virtual ScreenCraft Screenwriting Summit. "It’s the Golden Age of television, as they call it, even though I don’t know what television really is anymore,” Abrams said, per Indiewire. "That’s because huge chances are being taken. Talent that might not have gotten the chance otherwise suddenly have the opportunity. For me, when I watch a show like Atlanta, which takes the most spectacular risks in point of view, in genre, structure, and character... every story has been told, it’s kind of all been done before." Abrams added: "You see Fleabag and you’re like, well, yes, the fourth wall has been broken (before), but not like that. Yes, there have been amazing love stories, and stories of family, but not like that. What I love is the thing that makes you feel like, ‘Oh my god, this is so amazingly specific.'”