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Post by evilbliss on Nov 9, 2019 21:00:57 GMT
When did it all started?
Was it 'Lost'? Wast it 'Mad Men'? Did the golden age stop after so many years or did it just take a break, or maybe it rose up to Diamond Age with 'Game of Thrones'?
Thoughts?
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 9, 2019 21:24:39 GMT
When did it all started?
Was it 'Lost'? Wast it 'Mad Men'? Did the golden age stop after so many years or did it just take a break, or maybe it rose up to Diamond Age with 'Game of Thrones'?
Thoughts?
To me it coincided with HBO specifically, and much earlier 1999- .............The Sopranos and Angels in America (2003) - arguably the two best things ever on TV - even now - and two distinct types (series and mini-series) - that really broke things open iirc.
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Post by stephen on Nov 9, 2019 21:49:20 GMT
TV truly changed with Twin Peaks.
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Post by pupdurcs on Nov 9, 2019 23:13:49 GMT
TV truly changed with Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks was an outlier. It was too fucking weird for anyone to try to replicate, or to kick off a wave. For my money, though it doesn't get the credit, I feel peak/golden age TV kicked off in 1995 with Murder One. That was hugely ambitious TV, but still in conventional genres and formats that audiences could deal with. Though it aired on ABC and only lasted two seasons because it was probably too complex for network TV. It did win and get nominated for a shitload of awards though, and I feel you can trace the DNA of HBO's early dramatic programming back to that show.
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Post by IceTruckDexter on Nov 9, 2019 23:53:02 GMT
When did it all started?
Was it 'Lost'? Wast it 'Mad Men'? Did the golden age stop after so many years or did it just take a break, or maybe it rose up to Diamond Age with 'Game of Thrones'?
Thoughts?
To me it coincided with HBO specifically, and much earlier 1999- .............The Sopranos and Angels in America (2003) - arguably the two best things ever on TV - even now - and two distinct types (series and mini-series) - that really broke things open iirc. Yeah it's The Wire and The Sopranos, they're the two. Not Angels in America.
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Post by IceTruckDexter on Nov 9, 2019 23:55:00 GMT
When did it all started?
Was it 'Lost'? Wast it 'Mad Men'? Did the golden age stop after so many years or did it just take a break, or maybe it rose up to Diamond Age with 'Game of Thrones'?
Thoughts?
The Golden Age is dead now. There are no great shows since The Americans ended and Game of Thrones repeatedly shot itself in the foot that it had to limp towards a woeful ending.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 2:41:15 GMT
The Sopranos and Sex and the City - HBO's flagship shows.
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Post by evilbliss on Nov 10, 2019 13:06:52 GMT
I also think Six Feet Under was groundbreaking. But I'm talking about ratings and how shows started to bring people closer to the TV rather than a movie theater.
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Post by bobbydpacino on Nov 10, 2019 17:36:31 GMT
I think it began quietly in the late 90's with HBO's Oz before The Sopranos, The Corner, The Wire, and the other iconic tv series that peppered the golden age. They might've not been as successful as the others but they were surely the pioneers of premium cable dramas.
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