Source: Bring Back Sincerity II by Arye Dworken
In two decades, scripted television shifted from broadcast dominance (135 of 182 series in 2002) to a fragmented ecosystem where streaming competes alongside legacy networks. This altered which institutions greenlight, fund, and promote stories—changing whose voices get amplified and which narrative conventions survive. Scarcity economics, which made television a cultural commons, gave way to abundance economics. The question shifted from "what will you watch?" to "what won't you watch?"—and how platforms use algorithmic sorting to guide that choice.