2015: The Year That Forever Changed TV
Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan “The end of television” is a headline that’s been liberally thrown around for the past 15 years. Indeed, the past year saw audiences becoming more and more amenable to adopting new ways to watch TV shows, with live audiences for broadcast and cable programs declining sharply. Even entities like ESPN –…
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Having been around since television was first brought forth I am afraid this writer is viewing television through a very long ranged telescope. The changes in TV since it first started broadcasting are primarily the delivery system. The cable delivery and the dish delivery systems are merely technological changes. The original TV shows were somewhat like our current reality shows except with better actors and writers back then, some type of murder mystery (one I remember was “Boston Blackie”), variety shows, and sitcoms which were hold overs from the days of radio. Perhaps the most innovative change in television view was made by Ted Turner with his 24 hour news show. Other than that it is the same old stuff with better technology. (By the way, has anyone seen the ladder so I can turn the TV antenna a little to get better reception)
I have to disagree that it’s the same old stuff Bill. There are hundreds of superb shows on television, particularly on the streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon.
Mike, I did not intend to say the shows were bad, in fact, many of them were good. I was just pointing out that while the technology has changed the actual material has not changed to much. The concepts of the shows, while similar in nature, are much better because of the craft of acting and the technology improvements. I will admit though, that Breaking Bad came very close to breaking the mold. But, as usual we have good guys and bad guys and in the end the good guys always win.