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Do you think that all TV prior to streaming services was just a bunch of soap operas?
This may be a surprise, but TV shows with plots that span episodes and seasons have been around about as long as TV shows have been. Mad Men and Breaking Bad are two shows that had weekly episode releases, were critically acclaimed, and aren't soap operas. How about The Sopranos, Star Trek, or Doctor Who? I'd argue there are a lot of shows that were released as full seasons that are more boring than some if not all of the five shows I listed. So I do think there actually is something more boring than old TV.
All that said, full season drops are better than weekly releases for me in most cases, but in general, it doesn't bother me either way.
Good stuff started with rome. Trek is overrated nerd fiction for neurospicy
Firstly there's still a gap between Rome premiering and Netflix having TV shows.
Secondly, even before Rome, you had Firefly, Thirtysomething, The Sopranos... Just look at primetime instead of daytime.