How TV holiday rom-coms got so successful (Encore)

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  Happy Holidays from the Indicator.

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  For the next week, we are running some of our favorite shows from this year.

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  Today's episode is about how the heartwarming holiday rom com became a staple of TV and streaming platforms.

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  Npr.

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  Ah, do you feel that, Adriene?

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  That nip in the air, the crispness of the fall leaves?

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  I can smell the pumpkin spice.

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  Ah, for me, fall is the most romantic season.

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  That's right.

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  This is the Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Adrienne Ma.

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  And I'm Waylon Wong.

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  Today on Love Week, we're unwrapping the Made for TV holiday rom com and how television executives figured out how to mass produce seasonal romance.

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  That's after our theme song.

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  We have a theme song?

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  Yes, and it's by Grant Lee Phillips, who is the town busker on Gilmore Girls, the TV show about a little romance.

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  Watch a rum come holding hands, a provocative plot.

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  Open the window cause the market's hot.

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  It's steamy in this place.

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  I might have to change to something comfortable.

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