prestige

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“True Detective” and “Slow Horses” have been mentioned as inspirations for the series, which boasts both prestige TV and comic book bona fides in creators Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

It is that upward mobility is available, at scale, outside the prestige hierarchy and often at much lower prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

A plum gig at a Big Three network used to be the only way for a journalist to get the pay and prestige of a superstar.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

But even they came around faster than the burgeoning class of prestige TV era viewers who couldn’t fathom that the new “Battlestar” could be as culturally resonant as, say, “The Sopranos” or “The Wire.”

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Here they weren’t quite so tied up by considerations of everybody’s prestige and pride, and questions evidently were not insulting either to the asker or the one questioned.

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