Peak TV

English Etymology Coined by American television executive John Landgraf at a Television Critics Association event in 2015.Bill Bradley, "Peak TV Has Finally Peaked, According to FX's John Landgraf", Ad Week, 2 August 2022Lesley Goldberg, "FX CEO John Landgraf Predicts Peak TV Will Peak in 2022 With Another Record", The Hollywood Reporter, 2 August 2022 Proper noun Golden Age of Television (2000s–present) Peak TV en television neologism A golden age of television generally held as beginning in the late 1990s and peaking in the 2010s, characterized by the proliferation of a large, diverse array of scripted shows coinciding with the rise of premium cable and streaming services. en 12 June 2018 Andrew Husband Binge this now: Why you should watch Amazon's 'Goliath' Metro New York, NY https://archive.org/details/metro-new-york-2018-06-12/page/n19/mode/2up?q=%22peak+tv%22 21 This isn’t the most important reason, of course, but with “Peak TV” in full swing these days, time is precious, and the less time a new piece of entertainment takes, the better. en 2020 Radhika Jones Editor's Letter Vanity Fair June https://archive.org/details/v_20200909/Vanity_Fair_UK_-_June_2020/page/n19/mode/2up?q=%22peak+tv+has+meant%22 16 Peak TV has meant a surfeit of shows for a growing but ever more fractured universe of consumers. 2021, Judy Berman, "A whole world worth watching", Time Magazine, 15 February 2021 - 22 February 2021, page 110: And as a vital part of the long-tail economy that is Peak TV, shows from abroad have won over Americans who’ve dropped cable and now stuff their streaming queues with romantic Korean dramas or chilly Nordic thrillers or kinetic Japanese anime. en Synonyms en Prestige TV References en coinages en Television