Comments on: 5 Things that Transformed Television this Decade

By: Reality tv shows: Invited stars (XIV)

Reality tv shows: Invited stars (XIV) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:31:12 +0000

[...] like the Eleventh Doctor. Finally, a blog in English, The TV Addict, which does a revision for five things that changed the television or, rather, that changed the way of seeing it in this decade. And Happy New Year to all. In: TV [...]

By: Basket of Kisses | Mad News, December 31, 2009-January 3, 2010

Basket of Kisses | Mad News, December 31, 2009-January 3, 2010 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:02:37 +0000

[...] Five things that transformed TV this decade: Includes fans and the Internet, and hey, that’s you guys. [...]

By: Entertainment Link-Off: The New Year Is Here! « The Lowdown Blog

Entertainment Link-Off: The New Year Is Here! « The Lowdown Blog — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:02:24 +0000

[...] Oh PVR and the internet, you have made a huge difference in the TV viewing experience over the past decade! *hugs PVR* The TV Addict lists the 5 things that transformed the way we watch TV over the past 10 years. (The TV Addict) [...]

By: SaneN85

SaneN85 — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:25:04 +0000

Laura, I beg to differ. All the arguing has given me faith that I may not have as big of a TV addiction as I had thought compared to others.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:36:59 +0000

The Whedon fan reaction is coming from the claim that Lost’s mythology influenced Dollhouse when Whedon had actually been doing the deep mythology thing prior to Lost’s conception. But as Dave said, the TVA was talking about how Abrams made it popular on big networks (giving a mythology-heavy show like Dollhouse a chance at life on Fox). He wasn’t saying Whedon got the idea from Abrams.

So all the arguing in the comments is pretty much moot.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:25:24 +0000

Wow. Whedon lovers are out strong on this topic dange. TVA didn’t say he invented mythos tv or anything like that. It is a simple fact that JJ’s shows Lost and Alias made networks a lot more open to mythos tv as of late. He showed that you didn’t have to spoon feed your audience to get a good show that has a following. What show has whedon done thats had wide success? Buffy and angel were both on wb/cw was never that “huge”. His shows of late have all flopped. If anything id say Whedon could be credited for fan following. When he gets a fan he keeps them around and they follow him to every show. I’d rather he stick with comics I always thought his shows have been overrated.

By: Ace

Ace — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:49:08 +0000

Allie — Totally agree. If it weren’t for TV on DVD, I think Family Guy would have stayed cancelled. But I guess you can also put that in the “viewers” collumn since it was their buying the DVDs that helped. As someone who is catching up with three shows on DVD during the winter slump (Madmen, Battlestar, and FNL), I don’t know what we did before them! Actually, I do…when we were kids, my one friend’s dad would get four episodes of MASH on VHS a month and we thought it was the greatest thing ever .

By: Doubting Thomas

Doubting Thomas — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:43:11 +0000

Wow All those people complaining about not mentioning Whedon are completely and unsurprisingly ignoring the fact that BOTH of Whedon’s shows in the ’00s died on their pompous asses. Wanna talk about his influence in the 90s fine, but in the 00s all the vampire shows out there have rather more to do with the excerable Twilight than the quip-happy but brain-dead Slayer.

Oh and Lost wasn’t Abrams’ show? Maybe not, but let’s not forget David Fury has interviewed as saying that until Season 5 Joss was rarely around Angel.

By: Allie

Allie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:38:42 +0000

I don’t dispute the reasons that put J.J. Abrams on the list, but I don’t think that he trumps something mentioned in another comment: TV on DVD. DVD sets have had a HUGE effect on television this decade. Networks and studios and such give a lot more chances to certain shows when they think about how many DVDs it will sell. In fact, a lot of TV shows that were canceled got back on the air because people went crazy buying the DVDs and they realized, hey, if we make more episodes of this show, we can sell more DVDs, and make almost as much money as we do from advertisers.

By: bws

bws — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:27:58 +0000

Also, the title of the post is THIS DECADE. If memory serves, Whedon had a better 90s than 00s. He wasn’t the showrunner of Buffy the last couple of years of Buffy and Angel was… meh. Of course, Dollhouse had probably the biggest promise unfulfilled of the decade. Dr. Horrible was great… but short lived. So there’s that. Sorry, I just don’t put Whedon in the TV pantheon. Abrams either really. He’s more of an idea man than a showrunner. But for that, hell yes. I don’t think anyone can dispute that Abrams “ideas” were top-notch this past 10 years. He is going to be rolling in so much cash over the next 10 years, it’s unfathomable.

That said, we are truly living in the golden age of TV right now. There is more quality stuff out there than every before – shows that challenge the viewer to read more, research topics, interact with other viewers. And this largely due to #1, the DVR, and the Internet tying it all together.