When did you realize that TV was the future?

[Pifferry]

By this point it's became evident that television is the future of the visual entertainment medium but what was the exact point that you figured that out?
It was probably after watching True Detective when it became clear that television wasn't just a thing for "low tier" () actors anymore and that it wasn't shameful for a Hollywood star to transfer to cable/premium cable and it not be considered a downgrade.
And now we have companies like Netflix putting in work and putting out Grade A entertainment piff and shows like Breaking Bad that showed the full extent of the medium and how engrossed the average viewer can be.
We can only go up from here

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

When I started watching shows like Lost, The Wire, The Sopranos, Eastbound And Down and Game of Thrones

 

[LurkLurker]

Sopranos did it for me. Once HBO saw how good a fleshed out, character driven show could be - they didn't look back. Then Netflix jumped in the game and we've all been blessed.

2 hours of crappy, rushed storytelling vs 10+ hours of amazing, detailed storytelling.

 

[Ineedmoney504]

when i was born nikka

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Sopranos did it for me. Once HBO saw how good a fleshed out, character driven show could be - they didn't look back. Then Netflix jumped in the game and we've all been blessed.

2 hours of crappy, rushed storytelling vs 10+ hours of amazing, detailed storytelling.

Yea but a good movie still trumps a good TV show imo depending on your point of view. It's a lot easier to give a movie 2 hours of your time compared to a show which might cost you weeks, even months. In that same amount of time you could have spent it watching countless great movies.