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Another question: Do we see any tv shows now that could have the cutural impact that Friends did in the mid 90's?

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Feb 10 '11, 10:55

or is the tv world too splintered for a show to truly be a culture-tsunami?

Glee's as close as I can imagine right now and I don't think it's nearly as huge as Friends was.

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This and Seinfeld....2 shows I've never sat through a full episode of. - Jim Feb 10, 11:18
Was Friends culturally impactful or just impactful to you? -- nm - oblique Feb 10, 11:06 20
- smelly cats started getting respect! -- nm - zork Feb 10, 11:12
- i only ever watched one whole episode (and hated it), but it's hard to argue it wasn't culturally impactful...nm - x Feb 10, 11:11
- White people -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 11:10 6
  - what's your point? :) -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 11:11 5
    - Hey, to Freinds' credit, there is a lot of you :) - con_carne Feb 10, 11:17 4
      - I recall a report that it was the lowest rated show among blacks. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 11:18 3
        
        Who you calling black? -- nm - con_carny Feb 10, 11:20 2
        
        black people? -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 11:20 1
        
        darth vader! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 11:24
- women would head to the hairstylist to get the Rachel....instant mass-appeal quotations - Will Hunting Feb 10, 11:10
- It affected hair salons, so I think that counts. -- nm - Max Feb 10, 11:10
- he was on a break! -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 11:09 1
  - it turned into a paste! -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:10
- i never really watched a lot but it was the seminal Gen X sitcom -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 11:09
- After the first season, it never dropped below 5th in the ratings. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 11:08
- how YOU doin? -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 11:08
- Laminated list? -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:08
- could it *be* any more impactful? -- nm - zork Feb 10, 11:08
- Cultural. Big time. -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:07 1
  - For us, of a certain age group that was a certain age when it aired. But outside of us? -- nm - oblique Feb 10, 11:15
I want to say Mad Men, but I don't think the audence is large enough. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 10, 11:06 1
- twice as many people watch American Pickers as Mad men -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 11:07
Desp. Housewives? I hope not. -- nm - zork Feb 10, 11:04
Modern Family -- nm - David Feb 10, 11:02 15
- Not culturally impactful but damn funny -- nm - oblique Feb 10, 11:06 13
  - Sure it is. This is the Cosby Show of this generation. -- nm - David Feb 10, 11:08 12
    - not even close -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 11:15 1
      - Thank you for this. -- nm - David Feb 10, 11:17
    - It's nowhere near as popular or pervasive as The Cosby Show. -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 11:10 9
      - As much as something can be in this era, it is. -- nm - David Feb 10, 11:12 8
        
        Doesn't Two and a Half Men kick it's butt in ratings? -- nm - Inigo Feb 10, 11:18 5
        
        Sadly, you are correct in that it comes closer than Friends. - Spawn Feb 10, 11:27 1
        
        *to* Friends. -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:28
        
        And Big Bang Theory..... -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 11:23 2
        
        Right. I could buy David's theory if Modern Family was the #1 show in America like The Cosby Show was. - Inigo Feb 10, 11:26 1
        
        Yeah...it was #6 last season...on it's own network. - Jim Feb 10, 11:28
        
        That's the question, with us being in this era; is a Friends possible? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 11:13 1
        
        It is but the scale changes each iteration. -- nm - David Feb 10, 11:17
- I'm all for this if it leads to more women looking like Sofia. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 11:03
Not currently, but I think something might come along and surprise us. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:02 9
- I have nothing to back it up but I agree. - Mel Profit Feb 10, 11:03 8
  - the problem with creating the next Friends is Gen Y and the next one are not necessarily appointment television watchers - cupixie Feb 10, 11:14
  - I would have thought children's literature was dead, then Harry Potter came along. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:06 5
    - I don't think children's 'literature' was hurting. Books that appealed to children *and* their parents is what Rowling reintroduced. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 10, 11:09 4
      - in terms of a single series with huge numbers of fans? nothing came close. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:11 3
        
        Because parents and other adults weren't buying copies too. - Dr.Vermin Feb 10, 11:21 1
        
        For sure. There are huge children's books out now, that people who don't have kids wouldn't know about. - Amy Feb 10, 11:24
        
        just because it wasn't doing massive numbers doesn't mean it was dead. just sort of invisible. -- nm - zork Feb 10, 11:16
  - new Dallas, maybe. or some other remake show that's in the works. -- nm - zork Feb 10, 11:05
American Idol has been this show for a good part of the decade -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 11:01 1
- good point - zork Feb 10, 11:03
Lost was probably the last Event finale. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 10:59 19
- I did not realize The Event had ended. -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:05 1
  - It's still on? -- nm - oblique Feb 10, 11:06
- not with a bang, but with an effing annoying whimper....nm - x Feb 10, 11:05
- House might get one -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 11:00 15
  - "House, you're suffering from *insert disease*." "No I'm not you senseless prat. I'm clearly suffering from *other disease*." *smothers House in - Will Hunting Feb 10, 11:02 12
    - Here's the final House episode: House is dying. House diagnoses himself. House dies. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 11:07 7
      - of Lupus. -- nm - Jim Feb 10, 11:16
      - Naw ... it's more of a flash forward to House in an old-folks home ... - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:10 5
        
        I can't see that. he dies violently or from an OD. -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 11:11 4
        
        Paralysis that looks like coma. He spends the rest of his life awake but unable to tell them what simple meds would save him. -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:13 3
        
        *blinks out NyQuil in morse code* -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 11:14 1
        
        Now the world is gone, I'm just one. Oh God help me. Hold my breath as I wish for death. Oh please God, help me. Darkness imprisoning me ... -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:17
        
        or Lupus gets him -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 11:13
    - Man, wilson got *dark*. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 11:05 3
      - Nah, not him. I was thinking more, "Losing the Super Bowl... changed him." -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:06
      - that's Foreman -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 11:06 1
        
        That's Cuddy. - Will Hunting Feb 10, 11:07
  - Greys Anatomy too unless they drag it out forever like ER -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 11:01 1
    - Both of those fall way short on the impact scale. -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 11:03
i think there are very few properties that aren't niche media anymore....nm - x Feb 10, 10:57
your im nails it. TV is splintered. -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 10:57
Of anything on the air now, HIMYM probably had the best shot, but fell well short -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 10:56 3
- No, it is too focused on the title character. -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 10:58 2
  - Who is pretty much the Ross of later seasons in levels of charisma. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 10:59 1
    - Yup. Friends and Seinfeld before that were good in that all the main characters were very different and featured equally. - Spawn Feb 10, 11:00

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