Once upon a time, there was this little thing called cable. It let you watch many different shows, most of them kind of awful, for an amount of money that didn't really seem all that fair, but hey, what else are you gonna do, read a book? A lot of TV channels' output was mostly just something to have on in the background while you have a cuppa with your nan, but at the very least you had a lot of choice, and a lot to watch too. Seasons would last up to 24 episodes sometimes, and even if a show wasn't perfect, it at least had time to grow, particularly from season to season. Then Netflix happened.
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