Curb Your Enthusiasm comes from Larry David, who created Seinfeld with Jerry Seinfeld.
“Curb Your Enthusiasm comes, of course, from Larry David. He created Seinfeld with Jerry Seinfeld.”
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Gilbert Cruz
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The phrase 'peak TV' was coined in 2015 by John Landgraf, the head of FX.
“2015, the phrase peak TV was coined by the the head of FX, this guy John Landgraf.”
Fleabag debuted in the United States on Amazon, amid a race among networks, cable and streamers including Netflix to make good shows.
“streaming TV services like Netflix and Amazon, where Fleabag debuted in the United States, were all in a race to just get good stuff out there.”
Succession follows media titan Logan Roy and his children as they try to take over his company.
“It is amazing to have this show, which is about this media titan, Logan Roy, and his kids who are all trying to take over his company.”
Breaking Bad, created by Vince Gilligan, follows Walter White, who begins the series as a chemistry teacher.
“So Breaking Bad show created by Vince Gilligan is essentially the story of Walter White, uh, who, when we start the series, is a chemistry teacher.”
Walter White's plan is to make money for his family from meth, and he ends up a kingpin in Albuquerque.
“Get a bunch of money, leave it for his family. And along the way, he turns into essentially a kingpin in Albuquerque.”
Breaking Bad stars Bryan Cranston and features Giancarlo Esposito as the villain Gus Fring.
“starring with Bryan Cranston, uh, it has amazing villains, including Giancarlo Esposito as, uh, Gus Fring.”
In a Times interview, Vince Gilligan questioned whether TV has produced enough anti-heroes, according to Gilbert Cruz.
“Vince Gilligan, who wrote one of this era's great anti-heroes, was raising the question of Have we done it enough?”
The Sopranos debuted in 1999, before the Times list's cutoff, so it was excluded from the 21st-century ranking.
“The Sopranos, which is a great show, one of the best TV shows of all time, came out in 1999.”
Hannibal, which aired on NBC, was a TV version of the Hannibal Lecter story seen in the films Manhunter and The Silence of the Lambs.
“it was, uh, TV version of the story that we saw on the big screen in the movies Manhunter and The Silence of the Lambs about the character Hannibal Lecter.”