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When do you think the best decade stretch in original TV programming was? (kbin.social)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Forget the problems of access, or the annoyances of shows disappearing or having to juggle 4 or 5 services. This is a question purely about the overall quality of content.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I'm mostly into serialised content. I don't especially care for anthological shows, classical westerns or episodic procedural "monster of the week" formats (which was the prevailing style of TV up until the end of the 00s). I like 'long-form' high budget or at least mid budget serialised content with between 8-12 episodes a season that is now dominant. I also like primarily speculative fiction: sci-fi, dystopian, fantasy, post-apocalyptic settings that were much less common until the end of the 00s. I also like to see 'grit' and 'grimdark' settings, and it's undeniable that TV is now more risque, with more violence, nudity etc than it was then.

I also like to see non-American content, and in the 60s and 70s it was pretty much ONLY american and UK content (mostly American) that existed that was any worth. There was no Korean, German, French, Swedish etc dramas of any worth at all.