Novelty isn't the question, quality and originality of the series is.

I'm no fan at all of television generally. But the quality of programming available since the year 2000 absolutely dwarfs virtually everything that came before. Shows such as Miami Vice, Moonlighting, and Hillside Blues were considered landmarks of their time. They're at best mediocre by current standards against The Wire, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Firefly, etc. The remake of Battlestar Gallactica towers above the original in all aspects --- production, casting, writing, effects, complexity.

There remains a great deal of dreck on television, but the best that there is exceeds virtually all that came before it.

(I'm partial to some earlier PBS and BBC programming, as possible exceptions.)