The Best TV Shows of the 21st Century
The Best TV Shows of the 21st Century
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Quick Insights

The insights offer no high-conviction, actionable investment trade: Netflix, Amazon, and other media companies are discussed only as part of the streaming landscape, without financial data or recommendations. Treat the content as industry context, not a basis for buying any specific stock.

Detailed Analysis

Netflix

  • Netflix is mentioned as one of the streaming services competing to commission and distribute new television during the “peak TV” era.
  • Fleabag debuted in the United States on Amazon, illustrating how streaming platforms gave distinctive, creator-led shows a route to an audience.

Takeaways

  • The discussion points to the value of streaming platforms as distributors of original programming, but it provides no information about subscriber growth, profits, or content costs.
  • Treat this as industry context, not a buy recommendation; the transcript gives no ticker, valuation, or price target.

Amazon

  • Amazon is mentioned as the U.S. streaming home for Fleabag. The episode presents the growth of streaming services as part of a broader period of competition to release more high-quality television.

Takeaways

  • The transcript suggests that streaming platforms expanded opportunities for niche and distinctive programs.
  • It does not compare Amazon’s financial performance with other platforms or make a specific investment recommendation.

Television and streaming industry

  • The speakers describe television as a prestige medium with major stars, auteur creators, and large production budgets.
  • They discuss the “peak TV” period as a race among network television, cable, and streaming services—including Netflix and Amazon—to get compelling programming to audiences.
  • HBO, FX, AMC, and NBC are mentioned in connection with shows or the evolution of television. The transcript does not discuss their securities or financial results.

Takeaways

  • The discussion highlights a potential industry tension: more competition can create opportunities for compelling content, while the episode also notes that productions can involve large budgets.
  • No revenue, profitability, audience, or cost data is provided, so the transcript alone is not enough to assess which media companies may benefit financially.
  • AMC is mentioned as a television network; the transcript does not identify a ticker or discuss AMC Entertainment.

The New York Times

  • The episode opens with a promotion offering non-subscribers 30 days of full access to The New York Times through its app, and later directs listeners to the Times website for the full TV list.
  • These are references to subscription marketing and digital access, not a discussion of the company’s investment outlook.

Takeaways

  • The transcript shows the publication promoting digital subscriptions, but gives no figures on subscribers, pricing, retention, or financial performance.
  • No stock ticker, valuation, or investment recommendation is mentioned.
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Episode Description
The turn of the century was the beginning of a new era in television: prestige TV for the masses. Today, television is where big stars and innovative creators go to marshal sizable budgets and tell meaningful stories. Over recent months, our colleagues at The New York Times ran a survey, asking industry insiders — on-screen talent, writers, directors, producers, executives and others — to pick their top 10 television series of the last 26 years. We compiled their responses into a list, published this week, of the best TV of the 21st century. In this episode of “The Sunday Daily,” The Times’s canon editor, Gilbert Cruz, and our chief TV critic, James Poniewozik, talk with our host Natalie Kitroeff about what made the list, and what didn’t.   On Today’s Episode James Poniewozik is The New York Times’s chief TV critic. Gilbert Cruz is the canon editor at The New York Times.   Background Reading The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: Cast Your Vote The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: How Stars, Creators and Other TV Lovers Voted   Photo: The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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