Someone recently commented elsewhere that they were tired of paying for streaming access to a bunch of shows nobody wants to watch, and they wanted access to the most popular movies/network shows/whatever.<p>I didn't comment then, but FWIW: some of the best shows available are now streaming originals from Netflix, Prime, etc. If you haven't checked out specifically any of the Netflix originals, you're missing out. It's a complete replacement for the non-sports watcher.<p>As posted in response elsewhere below, here's a list of Netflix's best work:<p><pre><code> - Stranger Things
- Narcos
- The OA
- The Haunting of Hill House
- Marvel series. All of them!
- GLOW
- Ozark
- Altered Carbon
- American Vandal
- 13 Reasons Why
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Also good:<p><pre><code> - Atypical
- Love
- Flaked
- Maniac
- Master of None
- Chef's Table
- Making a Murderer
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This is by no means a complete list, you can find that here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_original_programs_distributed_by_Netflix" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_original_programs_dist...</a><p>I tried to skim through it and provide my own short list of what I really liked, so this is just one person's opinion.
It is funny how the thing that is breaking the cable stronghold is the same thing that will bring it back. By 2020 there will be at least 15 competing streaming services backed by large entertainment companies.<p>How many subscriptions will people end up paying for then? Someone will then have the idea to consolidate it into one or two packages. Rinse, repeat.
Tangential. Streaming TV has given us many benefits. More choice, watch at any time, pause, save for later ('record'), etc.<p>But I am wondering how much that has increased energy consumption for watching TV and having the internet as its backbone?
On Netflix most of their own series are low production value crap. I don't even bother checking them anymore even if the subject sounds interesting, unless I hear about them in the media first.<p>This can't be good for them in the long run if the Netflix name becomes associated with filler content.
It's no more the age of info overload but sensory and stimulation overload.<p>All cultures have a handful of the same stories they replayed to themselves for thousands of years. Now we somehow believe all this bullshit "variety" is required to entertain ourselves. It isn't true and it will break down.