Yo! Your favourite Bird Boys are back for the second part in our series on “The New Golden Age” of television! We’re picking up right where we left off with more selections of some of our favourite series from this period. We highly recommend you check out the first episode to give yourself some contextual clues and better understand what makes this “Peak TV” what it is. Or don’t! We’re not your dads! Before we get into that. though, Otis shares an incredibly eye-opening and wildly horny experience he had this weekend that blows PALMREADER’s mind. You learn something new every day.
After this, we get right into our discussion of some of the best shows of all time including “Breaking Bad”, “Game Of Thrones”, “Stranger Things”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, “Dexter”, “Band Of Brothers”, and more. We give a rundown for each of our choices and discuss what makes them “Prestige TV”, their massive cast of creators and performers, why they rule, and the cultural impact, legacy, and influence of these shows. We also talk about the many shows related and indebted to these excellent series and try to trace some of the tropes and themes of this era of TV across time. We also talk about the growing influence of fan culture and why becoming a “social craze” might not be everything it’s cracked up to be. Then we go through an exhaustive list of honourable mentions which - even with its massive size - barely covers the slew of great TV that was released over the past 20+ years. So, we’re sorry if we missed some of your favourites. We’re sure that we’ll be covering some of these shows more in-depth somewhere down the line and will have lots more to talk about then.
We end this episode with a conversation about the state of TV today and the future of TV. Have series like “Game Of Thrones” ruined it for others? Is this another “Avengers: Endgame” situation? Does “Prestige TV” still exist and in what capacity? How did the streaming wars and the over-saturation of content help end this era of TV? Is there a stainable duality between “Prestige TV” and what is called “Trough TV” of “Slop TV”? Is TV suffering from the same IP infection that film is? What’s next? Where do we go from here? Hmm. Much to think about.
We’ll be back next week with some sort of playlist for you to enjoy!
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