RBlomax38 t1_j9ddhnv wrote on February 21, 2023 at 2:26 AM

Paramount and peak TV in the same headline.. interesting

dj_narwhal t1_j9fehlm wrote on February 21, 2023 at 3:08 PM

Hey if you spent your whole life watching procedural bullshit on the networks I could understand why a boomer would think Yellowstone is prestige television.

ArkyBeagle t1_j9h748q wrote on February 21, 2023 at 11:14 PM

Not a bad synopsis, although "Have Gun Will Travel", "Branded" , "The Rifleman" and dozens of other westerns come to mind. It would be difficult to explain the phenomenon if it were not for IMDB.

If we didn't see 'em in real time, they were on syndication - still are ( see Grit TV in all its pharma ad and reverse mortgage ad glory ).

I'm not sure it's really prestige though. Too soapy really. I'll still watch it because it's mildly ridiculous and does a decent job of rewarding willing suspension of disbelief.

Studstill t1_j9fnkns wrote on February 21, 2023 at 4:10 PM

Downvotes for what?

Excellent point, you nailed it. How far down the Top list do you have to go to find a Paramount TV show? Yellowstone is hot garbage from the intro to episode 1, unless your regressive idiot views left you with only one possible kind of program to watch, and this one has Kevin Costner!

Interesting_Mouse730 t1_j9mzic7 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 3:12 AM

Peak TV means quantity, not quality. The very fact that paramount has a streaming service is emblematic of peak TV.