re: Are we in a golden era of TV right now?

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I wouldn’t say quality has dropped, just that there’s more bad stuff put out with more streaming content.

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I think this is very true. There are still some incredible shows being made, but with the amount of streaming sites on top of cable tv, there's just so much to wade through. For every incredible show, there are 10 mediocre ones.

That wasn't the case from about 2000 to probably the mid 10's when streaming really started to catch on and things just kind splintered out in all directions with so many shows out there now.

That period that encapsulated The Sopranos to Breaking Bad was something else. You had those two and The Wire, Mad Men, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, Band of Brothers, Deadwood, etc and you had comedies like Arrested Development, The Office, 30 Rock, Parks and Rec. That's a huge part of what's missing now is that network tv's current comedies are garbage. There are a few out there now mostly on cable or streaming, but not like what we had in that time frame from the networks.

And there was something to be said about having to wait a week until you can watch the next one. It allowed some suspense to build and made you really have to wait for your enjoyment and not being able to binge an entire season in a sitting or two.