As 2018 comes to a close, television critic Glenn Garvin lists his top shows of the year and notes that we may reaching the tipping point where we shift away from how we used to watch:
Pick the news of your choice: It was the first year there were more scripted series online than on broadcast TV (160 to 146). The first year streaming networks dominated the prime-time Emmys (Netflix and Amazon a total of 12 awards; HBO, Showtime and the five broadcast nets, eight.) The year the number of cable cord-cutters hit 33 million, a jump of about a third in just about a year.
What it all adds up to is that the days of television as we’ve known it, both broadcast and cable, are numbered—and probably just barely into the double digits. The industry recognizes it and took steps both big and small in 2018 to cut itself in on the streaming jackpot.
from Hit & Run http://bit.ly/2Q5wNSd
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