Comment on Many of the younger generations of folks don't know what it's like to watch TV series out of order by virtue of channel surfing on live TV and grabbing random episodes here and there

slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  First, most people aren't going to do that. Second, there's a difference between opting for randomness and having it forced on you.

  Now about the idea of the older shows having more self contained episodes; OP is correct. It was the rise of night time soap opera like 'Dallas' and miniseries like "Roots" and 'Sho-Gun' that made networks/producers see that people wanted extended stories.

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  • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    ErsatzTV let’s you do channel surfing with Plex Media. Crate your own channels, make a schedule or randomizer, then flip through to find something to watch

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    • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You can use it with Jellyfin too, though live TV support varies by the client you use

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      • aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        and the other one that no one talks about anymore.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    hands you an octopuss

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