ESPN subscriber losses raise questions about the TV ecosystem

Re:ESPN subscriber losses raise questions about the TV ecosy... by wcummings on Saturday December 10, 2016 @12:46AM (#13144253)

>those are all HBO

>You'd be hard pressed to find something on live cable television that isn't trash

Breaking Bad and Mad Men were both on AMC.

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Re:ESPN subscriber losses raise questions about the TV ecosy... by TheAceOfHearts on Saturday December 10, 2016 @03:56AM (#13144780)

If you're picking up Breaking Bad right now, you'd watch it on Netflix. The only reason you'd watch it on TV is if you're catching it the first time it's airing. I only joined on the last season so I don't have much context, but everyone I knew in college would wait for it to air and immediately torrent the commercial-free episode. For something huge like the ending I know some people that hosted small viewing parties to watch it live, but many were fine with waiting.

Also, Breaking Bad ended in 2013, and Mad Men in 2015. That list only has two entries. Maybe not literally everything on live cable TV is trash, but I think it highlights that there's a clear decline.

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Re:ESPN subscriber losses raise questions about the TV ecosy... by chris_7 on Saturday December 10, 2016 @06:07PM (#13148435)

The obvious example is The Americans, and... nothing else comes to mind. Everything else worth watching is created by Netflix or HBO (or maybe Amazon).

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Re:ESPN subscriber losses raise questions about the TV ecosy... by snoman on Saturday December 10, 2016 @01:07AM (#13144320)

Ah, my mistake. I could have sworn I saw them listed on HBO.

While this might disprove my statement, I don't think it's entirely without merit, still.

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Re:ESPN subscriber losses raise questions about the TV ecosy... by Retra on Saturday December 10, 2016 @02:14AM (#13144495)

Well, I think Breaking Bad is also on Netflix.

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