[laverne] it would take a revolution for someone like me to have a career as an actor, and the revolution is netflix. you re right. [man] there s a new player in the original content game. uh, is this a bad time? [man] this flood of actors, writers, ideas just gushing into tv. i don t have time to explain lesbian shit to you. the people who are gonna change the narrative out there is us. [woman] there s an avalanche of new streaming services. word of the year? binge-watch. when you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. this is gonna be so fun! [theme music] [david] television used to be, here s what we re showing you, and here s your only chance to see it. [james] when there were fewer tv options, there wasn t as much room for experimentation and the creativity that we ve seen an explosion of. [lorraine] coming into 2010, hbo is like the king of the prestige drama. to those beautiful, ignorant bastards. [cheering] when scorsese does boardwalk empire, it just speaks
face a growing competitor online programming. [laverne] it would take a revolution for someone like me to have a career as an actor, and the revolution is netflix. you re right. [man] there s a new player in the original content game. uh, is this a bad time? [man] this flood of actors, writers, ideas just gushing into tv. i don t have time to explain lesbian shit to you. the people who are gonna change the narrative out there is us. [woman] there s an avalanche of new streaming services. word of the year? binge-watch. when you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. this is gonna be so fun! [theme music] [david] television used to be, here s what we re showing you, and here s your only chance to see it. [james] when there were fewer tv options, there wasn t as much room for experimentation and the creativity that we ve seen an explosion of. [lorraine] coming into 2010, hbo is like the king of the prestige drama. to those beautiful, ignorant bastards. [cheering] when
you want to invite me in? you ever find yourself complaining that there are too many really good shows on tv? i feel that needs to be celebrated. a new era in television. you are so lucky! broadcast and cable networks face a growing competitor, online programming. it would take a revolution for someone like me to have a career as an actor and a revolution that s you re right. there s a new player in the original content game. is it that time? this flood of actors and writers and ideas just gushing into tv. i don t have time to explain it to you. the people who are going to change the narrative out there is us. there s an avalanche of new streaming services. word of the year, binge watch. when you play the game of thrones you win or you die. this is going to be so fun. television used to be here s what we re showing you and here s your only chance to see it. when there were fewer tv options there wasn t as much room for experimentati
the tv series that launched pbs masterpiece theater. [jen] downton abbey is about the aristocrats who lived upstairs, and then the people who live downstairs and are working for those people. and if anyone thinks i m going to pull my furlock and curtsy to this mister nobody from nowhere. oh, right. were you discussing mr. crawley? [melanie] with downtown abbey, you have this wonderful show that is strangely old fashione, but with these modern ideas of soap opera. you must be mad. i am. i am in the grip of madness. i think the turning point for people in downton abbey is in one of the early episodes, where mary sleeps with this man who s visiting downton, and then he drops dead in the bed, and they have to figure out how to get him out and keep it under wraps. [grunts] [jen] in the traditional masterpiece theater world, that is not what you would see on a show like that. and i think that is what really drew people in. [david] it s a singular vision of julian fellowes and a lot of differ
and then the people who live downstairs and are working for those people. and if anyone thinks i m going to pull my furlock and curtsy to this mister nobody from nowhere. oh, right. were you discussing mr. crawley? [melanie] with downtown abbey, you have this wonderful show that is strangely old fashione, but with these modern ideas of soap opera. you must be mad. i am. i am in the grip of madness. i think the turning point for people in downton abbey is in one of the early episodes, where mary sleeps with this man who s visiting downton, and then he drops dead in the bed, and they have to figure out how to get him out and keep it under wraps. [grunts] [jen] in the traditional masterpiece theater world, that is not what you would see on a show like that. and i think that is what really drew people in. [david] it s a singular vision of julian fellowes and a lot of different, wonderful actors just making it work. and of course i ll have the weekend. we ll discuss this later. we musn t bo