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Era of complex and ambitious TV is over, says Sopranos creator (www.theguardian.com)
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David Chase says 25-year golden period was a ‘blip’ and he is being told to ‘dumb down’ productions.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

There always has been and always will be dumb TV shows, it’s easy to be fooled by selection bias when reminiscing on “the good old days”.

There are definitely WAY more new shows being made, which increases the quantity of bad shows (and good shows!).