Hope you are right about a new golden age for television. I guess I missed the first one, even though I grew up during its' tenure. Is 'modern' television more complex; more intellectual; more philosophical? I just don't know. Seems to me that there was a time, not so long ago, when a show about black people, called 'Blackish', would have been insulting to Black people, even when they were calling each other the infamous "N' word. Now,I have tried to watch and appreciate the new TV. It just hasn't worked out for me, though. Which is why (I guess) I continue to write...talk to people...engage with society. generally, and avoid television---much as I have done since, uh, 1972, or there about(s). Popular culture is so, fickle???

The golden age of television was that time, just before its national rollout, when it was filled with potential and had not yet reached its kinetics.

I used to flick through the TV in the evenings looking for something interesting, but mostly it was just ads and the same old thing. Then my niece came to visit and showed me Netflix. I found out about Netflix price and subscribed "just to try it out," but now I don't turn on the TV at all. Everything is at hand, no ads, and the choice is so wide that my eyes run wild. When I was choosing where to subscribe, I came across a discussion on PissedConsumer — people were writing about which providers had fewer problems. That's how I chose my new favorite.