Era of ‘peak TV’ has become the walking dead
Producers are no longer making new and innovative content in favour of stale formula TV
Ten years ago when Netflix’s political drama House of Cards was released, the television landscape and the idea of what might be possible in the realm of small-screen entertainment looked as if they were about to change.
The company, which boldly announced it was going to change the way we thought about television, looked as if it was going to do just that. No longer would television shows be reliant on ratings and advertising to survive but rather if creators had interesting and new ideas, they could find a home for these on the streaming platform, which coupled with a few tentpole nostalgic favourites like Friends, would offer a new way of reaching audiences who for their subscriber fee would be able to find content to satisfy a variety of tastes. No matter your standards, if you subscribed to one of the many streaming services — or even all of them — you would always be able to find something to watch...
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