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An Ode to the Midnight Society

On 'I Saw the TV Glow' and growing up with SNICK

Max Covill
May 17, 2024
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I Saw the TV Glow, A24

Director Jane Schoenbrun tapped into a particularly powerful nostalgia thread for their second feature— a Saturday night programming block on Nickelodeon. SNICK, apparently short for Saturday Night Nickelodeon, was a programming block in the early ‘90s that catered to a pre-teen audience with shows like Clarissa Explains It All, T…

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