The Golden Age Of Television
I can think back to when I was a kid and TV consisted of Family Ties, The Wonder Years and Cheers. The ’90s brought Seinfeld and Friends, the ’00s shows like 24 and The Sopranos. But since cutting the cord, it should be difficult to keep up on the new shows, but clearly it isn’t.
I’ve spent more time since Erin and I moved to Sweden than I did in the decade before it. As we start a new show, Ozark, I recalled the countless shows before it that we’ve binge-watched over the last half-decade. The quality varies, of course, but a number of them can live up to the Seinfelds of the past. I thought I’d try to reflect on this fact, partly for my own posterity, really. Asterisks denote completed shows.
- Americans, The (5)
- Big Little Lies (1)*
- Boardwalk Empire (5)*
- Bloodlines (3)*
- Breaking Bad (6)*
- Catastrophe (3)
- Fargo (3)
- Game Of Thrones (7)
- Homeland (6)
- House Of Cards (5)
- How To Get Away With Murder (3)
- Leftovers, The (3)*
- Mr. Robot (2)
- Narcos (2)
- OA, The (1)
- Ozark (1)
- Sherlock (4)
- Stranger Things (1)
- Taboo (1)
- This Is Us (1)
- True Detective (2)
- Vikings (4)
- Walking Dead, The (7)
- Westworld (1)
Several are in a strange “is it over”? stage. But that’s a good listing of shows, some can stand up with the best shows ever IMO, like Breaking Bad, the first season of True Detective and early Vikings.