***Official TV sitcoms and Series recommendation thread***

[bigspenda73]

tv shows seem to assume the viewer is too thick to notice anything subtle, which is kinda annoying.

I hate this as well, but you have to play to the entire audience I guess and most people are idiots

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I hate this as well, but you have to play to the entire audience I guess and most people are idiots

why is this? Is it simply because their revenue structure is different than a network whos revenue comes from advertising dollars? Is this why they curse and show titties and whatnot?

[a500lbgorilla]

why is this? Is it simply because their revenue structure is different than a network whos revenue comes from advertising dollars? Is this why they curse and show titties and whatnot?

HBO gets it's money from subscribers, you buy into HBO and HBO says, "Imma entertain the shit out of you."

Cable channels need to appeal to a broad audience, get a huge chunk of viewers and look to advertisers saying, "I will bring you this many attentive eyes, speak to them."

There's a restaurant analogy in here somewhere, but I'm still pretty hungover.

Here's my shot. It's like the difference between a restaurant which appeals to the masses: quick, check; greasy, salty, sweet; check; priced right, check. And a restaurant which appeals to people by promising them a good meal across the menu, though you may have to pay for the fact that they're aiming for a smaller segment of the market.