For the better part of the last decade, critics and consumers alike celebrated the advent of “Peak TV”—an era defined by an unprecedented volume of high-quality scripted content. Streaming platforms (Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV+) turned the water hose of production into a firehose. Yet, as we stand in the middle of this golden age, a strange phenomenon has emerged: the more content we consume, the less satisfied we feel. The very machinery designed to entertain us has accidentally engineered a crisis of choice.
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