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The Most Perfectly Positioned TV Show in Tunisia Is One You Probably Hate

  Mal3ab El Noujoum is dépassé, low-budget, and despised by half its potential audience. That's not a problem. That's the strategy. Let me start with a confession. When someone suggested I write about Mal3ab El Noujoum  ,  that three-hour Monday night show with the fuzzy audio, the guests who look like they wandered in off a café terrace, and a presenter who treats brevity as a personal affront  ,  I laughed. Then I thought about it for a week. Then I stopped laughing. Because here's the thing: this show has survived more than a decade in a brutally competitive Tunisian media landscape. It has posted some of the best ratings of its slot in certain seasons. And it has done all of this without a production budget worth mentioning, without slick graphics, and while being actively despised by a significant portion of its theoretical audience. Most brand managers would look at that profile and see failure. I look at it and see textbook positioning. The generics don't...