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@FuriousMachine
Alot of tv shows have been of mediocre or below that quality for as long as the medium has existed. People tend to forget that and think the past was so much better because they forgot 90 percent of the garbage and only remember the good stuff. The issue is not most of the shows themselves it's the inflated budgets and the mindset that they always have to grow grow grow in market value even when it gets to the point that it stops making any f--king sense.

Edited on by PegasusActual93

I finally got around to watching the Doctor Who Christmas episode the other day with Ncuti Gatwa.

Was pretty good. Not an amazing story but Ncuti's performance was pretty dang good and Ruby Sunday seems like a nice enough companion too.

@PegasusActual93 Yeah, and that's my point: They seem unwilling to move away from the «quantity over quality» mindset and wants to continue to produce tons of (mostly mediocre) shows and when that inevitably stunts growing profit margins they try to find other ways to increase their income. And, yes, I'm perfectly aware that an overload of mediocrity is nothing new, but it was a more viable strategy back when the consumers had fewer options to choose from, I think

@PegasusActual93 @FuriousMachine There may be some rose-tinted spectacle effect, but it does feel like the more recent output is of lesser quality. But I think it’s more likely that, as you say, there’s just such a higher volume of mediocre content available now versus early days, so finding the good stuff is more like a needle in the haystack. But the ratio of quality to garbage is probably the same.

I’ve heard people say the last decade has been the golden age of TV, and perhaps it has been, but are people going to be quoting Master of None, Veep, and I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, with the same nostalgia as Friends, Seinfeld, South Park, The Office, or Frasier? Or rewatching The Leftovers, Succession, and True Detective as much as Breaking Bad, The Wire, or The