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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 88601" data-attributes="member: 57984">Shows today are very slick and the production elements, including the acting, are very consistent. So even the most uninspired series is competent on a level older programs couldn&#039;t always guarantee.The result is that a contemporary series&#039; lack of inspiration is sufficiently masked. While older series would sometimes intermix inspired, great moments, great scenes, great seasons with ones which were awful. So there was greater fluctuation.At the same time, there are so many ways today for the brass to profit from even a bomb or short-lived program, that I&#039;m sure that&#039;s got to affect their mindset.They don&#039;t want it to fail. But they&#039;re not all that concerned if it does.That winds up being both good and bad for the show and the audience: there&#039;s less destructive neurosis, but less raw inspiration, too.It&#039;s all about constructive competence now. Not that that&#039;s a bad thing, but sometimes that&#039;s all there is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 88601, member: 57984"] Shows today are very slick and the production elements, including the acting, are very consistent. So even the most uninspired series is competent on a level older programs couldn't always guarantee. The result is that a contemporary series' lack of inspiration is sufficiently masked. While older series would sometimes intermix inspired, great moments, great scenes, great seasons with ones which were awful. So there was greater fluctuation. At the same time, there are so many ways today for the brass to profit from even a bomb or short-lived program, that I'm sure that's got to affect their mindset. They don't [B][I]want [/I][/B]it to fail. But they're not all that concerned if it [B][I]does[/I][/B]. That winds up being both good and bad for the show and the audience: there's less destructive neurosis, but less raw inspiration, too. It's all about constructive competence now. Not that that's a bad thing, but sometimes that's [B][I]all [/I][/B]there is. [/QUOTE]

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