If we're at Peak TV, when was Trough TV (for you)?
03-11-18, 07:57 AM
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Re: If we're at Peak TV, when was Trough TV (for you)?
03-11-18, 08:52 AM
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Re: If we're at Peak TV, when was Trough TV (for you)?
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.
03-11-18, 09:27 AM
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03-12-18, 04:55 PM
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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.
03-13-18, 04:34 AM
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Re: If we're at Peak TV, when was Trough TV (for you)?
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.
