I grew up in the 2010s. It was peak tv era. During the early 2010s my favorite shows are sitcoms and cartoons, MAD is one of my favorites because it was the genius of Kevin Shinick who help break the rules of what TV Animation could be, crazy and extreme, and it parodies pop culture from the early 2010s. During that time, I watched shows that are complete funny, Better With You is an example because its about 3 couples that live together in a relationship, (unfortunately it lasted only one season), America's Next Great Restaurant is a terrific concept in which 4 food investors putting their own money on one food entrepreneur to win 3 restaurants in LA, MN, and NYC. There are comedians who tried to get their own show like Chelsea Handler in Are You There Chelsea?, reality shows like Warped Roadies on Fuse, game shows like The Job (which was axed after 2 episodes), comedies like Suburgatory (based on a book, lasted 3 seasons) Bent, Best Friends Forever and Malibu Country (starring Reba as a divorce songwriter living in Malibu), and the premium and highly profiled dramas that grabbed industry and critics attention (which were featured in that episode) In 2013, the first streaming original was developed, launched and released every episode on the internet, it changed everything, pathing the way for what tv will eventually come. But at the time, I was watching shows that might become hits such as How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life) starring Sarah Chalke as a divorced mother who moved back to her parents's house with her daughter. And Family Tools, based on the British tv show with Kyle Borheimer as a guy who took over his father's business. During that same year, Netflix entered the picture and started releasing original content and Binge-watching emerge in the scene. But no one really noticed yet. Comedies like Back In The Game (with the late James Cann and Maggie Lawson), Mom, and The Michael J. Fox Show, have put movie stars on the small screen (all but one show have lasted one season), and one show Lucky 7 which is about a group of gas station workers became rich (was axed after 2 episodes but put all remaining episodes online in a groundbreaking move) has Steven Spielberg involved. Children's tv aniamtion have also been serizalized thanks to a online fanbase and community that helped put these cult-favorites into very successful hits. Shows that tried to have fresh new faces which include Mixology (from the writers of The Hangover), Bad Teacher (Ari Graynor, based on a feature film), About A Boy (David Walton, based on a British film), and Trophy Wife with Molin Ackerman (that was successful for the whole season) and Believe starring 11-year old Johnny Sequoyah in the lead role. The summer of 2014 have reality shows like American Dream Builders, Food Fighters, and a groundbreaking music competition show called Rising Star hosted by Josh Groban, in which I participated as an official judge of the competition alongside millions of people, I had a blast swiping on which artists could stay and who goes home. For the next season many new shows have launched, for me I watched a lot of the freshmen shows at the time, Bad Judge (starring Kate Walsh in a comedic role as a judge), Manhattan Love Story starring up and comers Ashleigh Tipton & Jake McDorman (destined to be the next big thing), Selfie with John Cho and Karen Gilan (a show created by Emily Kaptek in her first original comedy), Cristela (an unofficial spin-off of Last Man Standing with Cristela Alonzo and Gabriel "Fluffy" Igleasis, which in one episode visit the parent show set where Tim Allen's character worked). That same season, they saw a boom of a lot of hit television show, many of them became hits. The analogy series that came in the 2010s include AHS, American Crime (with the same group of actors in a different story), True Detective, Feud, Genius, and one of my favorites Secrets & Lies with rocker Juliette Lewis as the detective who helps people who have been framed of murder, the first seasons plot is based on the Australian mini-series that inspired it, for the second season the creative team of the show (including Barbie Kligman) have crafted an original story, and have people like Terry O'Quinn to return to tv, and that is the genius of Anthlogy shows. There are shows that became potential franchises like the Ish series of shows (3 series in total), One Chicago (4 shows), Arrowverse (multiple shows on one network), Blacklist, Once Upon A Time, and others have viewers keep grabbing for more. There is a full on British Invasion of shows made in the Uk thanks to streaming. Some shows have been groundbreaking for new demographics, which include One Big Happy (from creator Liz Feldman and Sitcom legend Ellen DeGeneres) starring Kelly Brook, Elisha Cuthbert, and Nick Zano, about an LGBTQ woman who is pregnant with her Best Friend's baby, while in love with another woman, (show is great but it was axed before it has potential), Bordertown is an animated show that it way ahead of its time, it features two families that are next door neighbors The Buckwalds and The Gonzalez's and it's crazy adventures in the town of Mexifornia, it's a watershed moment in television. And shows like Superstore (which had lasted for 6 seasons and was featured in this episode) have been successful in bringing in a new generation of actors. There are shows that are based on Movies like Rush Hour, Uncle Buck, Limitless, Code Black, Minority Report have tried to bring familar concepts to the small screen. Undateable became the first scripted sitcom to offically live the same day it airs (which is historic) Streaming services are starting to gain on the major networks and tried to go all in on it. The shows I liked are Home Free, Crowded (created by Suzanne Martin starring Patrick Warburton, Carrie Preston, Miranda Cosgrove in a comedy about 2 parents whose adult daughters move back in Seattle after college), and other shows. Shows I watched for the next two seasons include new hits like American Housewife, Man With A Plan, The Mick, Great News (which all became hits and last many seasons) and some not so much like Imaginary Mary (with Jenna Elfman and Stephen Schneider in the first single camera live action-cgi animated comedy series in a groundbreaking move) and Frequency (starring up and comers stars Peyton List and Riley Smith in a modern version of the golden globe nominated movie) which I enjoyed watching but both are axed before their potential for greatness. Game shows have exploded during the late 2010s with classics revived for new generation and new ones like Candy Crush (based on the highly popular app). During the 2010s classic tv shows, scripted and unscripted have been revived, rebooted or remade for a whole new generation of audiences, some brought original castmates reunited for new episodes for their classic shows, others are brought back in a modern version with new actors. All thanks to fans and popular demand. The late 2010s have a bunch of shows that have potential like Rise, 9JKL, Deception, and one of my most anticipated shows I watched was Splitting Up Together based on a show from Denmark and starring Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson as a family reignited by a divorce, it was pretty funny and that led to a second season because of that. Dramas like The Fix with Robin Tunney, Fam with Nina Dobrev, Happy Together from creators Tim McAuffle and Austen Earl, about a pop star living with a 30-something couple. Abby's with Natalie Morales, The Village, BH90210 (a satire on the scripted tv revival boom), and more. The last season of the 2010s feature primetime shows I like including Outmatched with Jason Biggs and Maggie Larson from Lon Zimmet about a New Jersey family with three genius kids. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, and my personal favorite Broke starring Jamie Camil, Pauley Perrette and Natasha Leggro based on the Colombian format from Alex Herschlag, about a single mother who lives with her estranged sister and her now poor husband, the show is great but it ended in a cliffhanger. In cable tv, most scripted shows there are drama and comedies that gain a lot of attention and ruled award shows, including the premium shows. Some like Clipped with Ashley Tisdale, Rita Rocks, and Mystery Girls have flopped. Others are critically acclaimed and named by critics as some of the greatest shows of the decade. Reality and game shows I like are Boom, Game On, Take Me Out, The Toy Box, Bring The Funny, The World's Best, and The Winner Is, shows that have ordinary people compete in challenges. Children's TV have changed, all the major kids networks have put out teen sitcoms, cartoons and awards show that pitted for kids viewership. One of my favorite kids shows From the decade is Corn & Peg, which is the brainchild of Chris Hamilton for her daughter Zoey Rose, it's has two lead character who do-good to their town of Galloping Grove (I was a fan of the show, Jaiden Cannatelli and Shechinah Mpulmwana have done an excellent job voicing the title characters and potential for stardom), it was one of the best kids shows of the 2010s. In the late 2010s especially 2019, came the arrival of the streamers, altering tv in a big way. The streamers have originals that have now dominated the tv landscape today. One of best tv cable dramas is The Bold Type, which is about 3 women working in a magazine, and some shows have tried to have fantasy genre (The Crossing, GOT, Timeless, and Galavant). Some have stars that later went to the big screen for example Lena Waithe (who was one of the people interviewed for this episode) who won an Emmy for Masters Of None and created The Chi had caught the attention of Steven Spielberg and casted her as Helen in the science fiction adventure film Ready Player One (which I first discovered her talent). And it was the decade that LGBTQ, and diverse people tell their stories to people. This is my review of the episode.
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