Viewers in 1986 were obsessed with sitcoms and this is a gradual shift from network TV’s monolithic dominance to infinite splinters of now.
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The current television landscape is different from what existed before. It feels antiquated to call content that wasn’t made for a traditional television channel “TV shows.”
The Cosby Show reigns supreme with about 61.4 million people tuning in each week. The viewers in 1986 were obsessed with sitcoms as the top 10 is otherwise filled with them.
By the late-1990s, most of the top 10 has viewership hovering in the 20 million. In 1999, the top 10 is suddenly dominated by hour-long dramas like The West Wing, The Sopranos, etc.
In 2019, where the top 10 include shows from Netflix, The Walking Dead, etc. The highest-rated show on TV was NCIS and it had half the viewers The Cosby Show did in 1986.
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