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Originally Posted by tompe
Actually the best TV becomes better and better. For example it seems like enough people pay for HBO fro them to make quality television. That inspite of these quality shows being spread on the internet a lot.
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The less-rigid restrictions on pay-cable like HBO probably helps that a lot... it lets them add the sex, language and violence that audiences ask for, and it allows writers to write real drama without having to compromise their scripts to the moral standards of broadcast stations.
That's why more and more cable stations are relaxing their use of broadcast TV standards, to give us programs like
Nip-Tuck,
The Riches and
Dirt (still with plenty of disclaimers to send the kids to bed). Trying to capture the crowd that demands more verisimilitude in their series.
But overall, I'd still say these programs are far-outnumbered, and the gap is widening.