Just think...

[The Curmudgeon]

2004 - OMG, did you see Big Brother last night?
2010 - OMG, did you see X Factor last night?
2016 - Holy fucking SHIT did you see Game of Thrones last night?


It's finally happened. Quality television is mainstream. Water cooler work conversations are no longer who was the better singer or who was voted out, it's "what episode are you on? What season? NO SPOILERS!"

Any time you see a Facebook thread asking "what good show should I watch?" You'll be guaranteed fifty replies, all urging you to watch something. Big Brother is still on, banished to another channel and largely forgotten, creating zero Z-list stars unlike the bad old days when every prick on Big Brother was a household name for six months. X Factor may as well not even have been on last year with the absolute lack of interest it generated.

But Breaking Bad, Dexter, Walking Dead, Broadchurch and the mighty Game of Thrones, arguably the greatest TV show of the 21st Century, is what everyone is talking about.

We're not doomed, after all.

[trashcanman]

This is the golden age of tv right fucking here and now. Literally more great shows than we can even fit into our lives. It's crazy. And with GoT having surpassed the books and striking out on its own with massive success, I'm absolutely RABID for it.

[The Curmudgeon]

I just.. I cannot believe how big Game of Thrones is now. It's a phenomenon. Even people who don't normally watch good TV watch it. And it's hard fucking viewing, man. Not watching it, but following it and remembering who's who and who did what to who's brother.. for our seemingly low attention culture, we're doing alright.