Has the mainstream TV gone more conservative over the last decades?

Started by Martinus, April 28, 2009, 01:51:29 PM

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Queequeg

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April 28, 2009, 07:36:06 PM
Quote from: katmai on April 28, 2009, 07:26:25 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on April 28, 2009, 07:08:13 PM
Breaking Bad couldn't have been on HBO a decade ago.   :huh:

Yes it could have, you moronic chimp.
Hmm.

A decade and a half ago?  I'd say it is as dark as The Sopranos or Oz.  Still, it's pretty impressive that we've seen the birth of 'adult' television drama on with Oz and is now spreading into regular cable (Mad Men, Breaking Bad) and arguably into mainstream television (Lost has been getting steadily more violent, the new LA show).
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April 28, 2009, 08:00:03 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on April 28, 2009, 07:08:13 PM
Breaking Bad couldn't have been on HBO a decade ago.   :huh:
Why would say that? 
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April 29, 2009, 02:24:00 AM
Quote from: Queequeg on April 28, 2009, 07:36:06 PM
A decade and a half ago?  I'd say it is as dark as The Sopranos or Oz.  Still, it's pretty impressive that we've seen the birth of 'adult' television drama on with Oz and is now spreading into regular cable (Mad Men, Breaking Bad) and arguably into mainstream television (Lost has been getting steadily more violent, the new LA show).
I think it's because TV is now the place ambitious young writers and directors want to do their thing.  It's been shown since the nineties how good it could be. 
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#18
April 29, 2009, 02:34:28 AM
Does no one remember NYPD Blue?  That was rather "adult" in nature, both in regards to nudity and language.  It created quite a stir and was on one of the Big 3.  Television hasn't gotten more conservative, if anything it has gotten more open.
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April 29, 2009, 07:19:32 AM
Quote from: Queequeg on April 28, 2009, 07:08:13 PM
Breaking Bad couldn't have been on HBO a decade ago.   :huh:

Dude, you were like five a decade ago.. how would you know? :P
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Queequeg

#20
April 29, 2009, 11:22:31 AM
Quote from: Caliga on April 29, 2009, 07:19:32 AM
Quote from: Queequeg on April 28, 2009, 07:08:13 PM
Breaking Bad couldn't have been on HBO a decade ago.   :huh:

Dude, you were like five a decade ago.. how would you know? :P
Some of my earliest memories are watching Law and Order, Homicide and The Simpsons.  I remember television as well as anything.
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April 29, 2009, 11:30:21 AM
Quote from: katmai on April 28, 2009, 05:26:00 PM
No, and neither has Mainstream tv.

Gay culture certainly has.
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April 29, 2009, 12:01:09 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on April 29, 2009, 02:24:00 AM
Quote from: Queequeg on April 28, 2009, 07:36:06 PM
A decade and a half ago?  I'd say it is as dark as The Sopranos or Oz.  Still, it's pretty impressive that we've seen the birth of 'adult' television drama on with Oz and is now spreading into regular cable (Mad Men, Breaking Bad) and arguably into mainstream television (Lost has been getting steadily more violent, the new LA show).
I think it's because TV is now the place ambitious young writers and directors want to do their thing.  It's been shown since the nineties how good it could be.
I remember NYPD Blue. I wasn't an avid watcher of the show, but it was a popular, good show.

Eddie Teach

#23
April 29, 2009, 09:52:34 PM
Cool thread, you got a couple people to delurk to tell you you're wrong.  :lol:
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April 30, 2009, 12:21:09 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 29, 2009, 09:52:34 PM
Cool thread, you got a couple people to delurk to tell you you're wrong.  :lol:
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