prestige

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The hosts discuss how billionaire dealmaking and rebrand fatigue is hurting the network’s reputation for edgy, prestige TV.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

The director of “The Fly” and “Videodrome” isn’t in the film long, but he bequeaths prestige upon these splat-hijinks that they don’t quite deserve.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

"The expectation that citizens should make sacrifices for 'tourism revenue and economic impact' or for 'enhancing national prestige through K-pop promotion' feels outdated," wrote columnist Choi Moon-sun.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

He didn’t repudiate his warnings when they failed to pan out, yet didn’t lose his popularity or prestige.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Whole areas of that relationship were still blank to me, but I knew something about the competitive, prestige seeking aspect of it, and about the perpetual conversational duel that can result from it.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin