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Breakfast with Girls

03-11-18 07:57 AM

Re: If we're at Peak TV, when was Trough TV (for you)?

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Originally Posted by cultshock (Post 13288024)

Yeah, I get the meaning but I probably would have gone with "valley", a more popularly used opposite of "peak".

Hmmm, or is it more like a pig trough, full of slop for the lowest common denominator to consume?

http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=peak_to_trough

writer106

03-11-18 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by The Bus (Post 13286484)

Runner up: 2002–2003 aka the year <b>Joe Millionaire</b> aired and people ignored <b>Firefly</b>.

I agree with this period. I remember more and more people were tuning into various reality shows. I agree with other posters, the Writer's Strike in 2007-2008 also added to the reality show boom.

rw2516

03-11-18 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 13287818)

The late 1980s may be a good pick for worst era. That is before Seinfeld, The Simpsons, or X-Files hit the air. Which year did Cheers and Night Court end?

Late 80s consisted of
McGUYVER
MARRIED WITH CHILDEN
IT'S GARRY SHANDLING
MOONLIGHTING
FAMILY TIES
NEWHART
MURPHY BROWN
ROSEANNE
WONDER YEARS
COACH
CHINA BEACH
WISEGUY
EQUALIZER
NIGHT COURT
CHEERS
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
LA LAW
COSBY SHOW
DEAR JOHN
QUANTUM LEAP
STAR TREK TNG
TALES FROM DARKSIDE ends in 88
TALES FROM CRYPT starts in 89
AIRWOLF ends in 87

Michael Corvin

03-11-18 01:33 PM

Re: If we're at Peak TV, when was Trough TV (for you)?

Looks pretty light to me. I only watched a handful of those.

Abob Teff

03-11-18 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by milo bloom (Post 13286726)

And Seinfeld is the most overrated show ever made. There are flashes of brilliance surrounded by hours of drudgery.

Just so milo doesn’t die alone on this hill, I fully agree. Never understood the worship of that show.

DRG	03-12-18 04:55 PM

Re: If we're at Peak TV, when was Trough TV (for you)?

1993-1994 or so was probably the era I watched the least amount of TV. A lot of my favorites had either ended (Cheers) or had deteriorated to where I didn't bother keeping up with them (Married... with Children). Seinfeld, Simpsons, and Beavis & Butthead I enjoyed, but I wouldn't start X-Files and Frasier until years later.

Gunde

03-13-18 03:44 AM

Re: If we're at Peak TV, when was Trough TV (for you)?

We are no longer at Peak TV. IMO it's Fatigue TV now. Peak in terms of quantity only.

bluetoast

03-13-18 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by creekdipper (Post 13286910)

Worst era was late probably 1978-1983. Pretty much overlapped with disco era, synthesizer muzak, programmed drums, big hair. Shows just looked cheap and seemed churned out to formula with a few rare exceptions.

I only saw a small sample of Bob Barker’s summer show from that era (when James Randi debunks the fake psychic), That’s My Line, and from that alone I’ll agree, due to the shitty format, sets, music, everything. However, season 2 of Soap aired during this time, which was damn good.

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