Has anybody noticed that tv shows are getting worse?

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[–]cars 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks are pretty good. The majority of American TV is bad now because companies have figured out that they can use nostalgia, license loyalty, and diversity as shields for poor quality.

[–]Vulptex 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I don't think it's because people are being lazy. Plenty of good ideas are thrown around, but they're never used anymore.

I think the real problem is overuse of the science of popularity, which involves copying the exact same formula used by every other TV show. Another thing that's happening is EVERYTHING is copying Family Guy for some reason. Even kids' shows these days are just clean Family Guy. There's a place for that type of humor for people who like it, but it doesn't work everywhere and I have no idea why every single producer these days thinks it does. Even YouTube channels are getting hit by this.

But that's only part of the problem. I also think people just have MUCH higher standards today than they did in the past, because we have the media picking apart every single tiny flaw with everything and blow it way out of proportion. People used to consume entertainment for entertainment, not to dissect it like movie critics and complain about everything it didn't do perfectly. A good example of this is Adam Sandler, who everyone used love, now everyone hates him...well the internet would have you think that, less connected folks still like him. These insanely high standards are at a time when TV has been around for a while, so we're mostly out of "original" ideas. Back when television was new everything was novel, now everything has been done before so we're bored of it. Also, the woke culture severely limits what you can do now, so that's another bottleneck.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

A good example of this is Adam Sandler, who everyone used love, now everyone hates him.

I always hated him. I think that what you are remembering is the media's constant promotion of him at a time when no one else had a voice. Now that real people can get heard you are finally hearing people's real opinions.

Just like rotten tomatoes often has raving reviews from critics and rancorous reviews from the public.

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No it's the opposite. Rotten tomatoes always gives everything a -1000% when the public likes it. And no one I know hates Adam Sandler, except on the internet. Though there has been this sense recently that comedy is bad and a waste of time, so maybe that's driving it.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No it's the opposite. Rotten tomatoes always gives everything a -1000% when the public likes it.

How is that the opposite? That is still the (((controlled))) opinion differing from the public opinion. It used to be that only the controlled opinion had a voice.