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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
Regarding your comment about reality tv, I have to disagree; I don't think the rise of reality tv has anything to do with old works becoming more widely available. At least I've never read anything that indicates these things are related at all. People are always going to demand new shows and and tv execs just realized that reality shows were a cheap and easy way to pump out new content with minimal cost/effort.
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An obvious question is why not make a better show that is more likely to have a longer lasting appeal? Such a show may cost more to produce than a reality show (although this is not necessarily the case), but it will likely make more money. One answer that comes to mind is that such shows have to compete with older classics. The rise in reality TV coincided with the increased availability of old TV shows on the net, and on DVD.
I think that the competition from classics is one reason that new styles and genres develop.