# Another annoying trend in TV: the "Tinted" shows

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-annoying-trend-in-tv-the-tinted-shows/277382>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 30, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-annoying-trend-in-tv-the-tinted-shows/277382 "2004-11-30T21:03:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-annoying-trend-in-tv-the-tinted-shows/277382/21 "2004-12-01T14:00:14Z")

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> [@SavageNarce](#):
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> Come on, show producers! Let’s drop the “distinctive look” tint gimmicks and get back to the _real_ indicators of distinction: good writing, good acting and good casting.

Now that’s just crazy talk.

Besides, those things require effort.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-annoying-trend-in-tv-the-tinted-shows/277382/22 "2004-12-01T15:13:50Z")

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Count me among those who think tinting in movies has become an annoying fad over the past several years. Blue tinting especially. (TV has just imitated this trend.)

One day, movies from this era will seem dated because of all the tinting. People in the future wishing to capture and satirize the “feel” of a late 90s/early 00s movie will use tinting as a comic device.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-annoying-trend-in-tv-the-tinted-shows/277382/23 "2004-12-01T17:28:23Z")

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> [@Maus Magill](#):
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> Now that’s just crazy talk.

But I thought Crazy Talk was the one who was into marketing gimmicks. He got the idea from “Dances With Focus Groups.”

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