#alexa what am i supposed to watch even if i wanted to watch something

[theincorrigiblemagpie]

I've fallen away from desi tv almost entirely over the last few years and my only point of occasional contact is my Instagram explore page, so I was Not Prepared to start seeing clips of what look like AU Gopi, Kokila and Aham in what has turned out to be a weird off-brand reboot of Saath Nibhana Saathiya called Tera Mera Saath. It even airs on the budget Star Plus aka Star Bharat.

This is after I learned, via similar process, that there are reboots of Sasuraal Simar Ka(!), Bade Achhe Lagte Hai, Pavitra Rishta (the first is on air and the other two are in different stages of production). Oh, and they brought Nakuul and Disha together again for BALH!

Ekta ofc led the pack with KZK2 a few years ago. And Gul followed up quickly with the Secret Agent AU!Qubool Hai a year or so ago.

This is the logical next step in an industry that ran out of content roughly in 2006 but that doesn't make it any less exhausting.