Kill Dat Noize
Banned
Lets go down the list of shows people talk about as some of the greatest in recent history.
The Wire
The Walking Dead
The Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Sons of Anarchy
American Horror Story
Band of Brothers
Game of Thrones
True Detective
Its a clear pattern there, and those shows really catch the eye of the prime younger demographic. There are very few new hit episodic shows hitting the airwaves and the ones that remain popular like NCIS have a pretty substantial older viewing demographic.
Those are all dramas though.
There's drama in superhero stories but superheroes also aren't high drama. The allure was witnessing them in their weekly adventures.
There's enough depth or character for Daredevil to compete with The Wire or The Sopranos. You can try but if you want that kind of stuff there are better shows with better drama. Again to me it feels apologetic.