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Every household in America has the same fight: the show is too quiet, the explosions are too loud, and nobody can tell you what the detective just whispered. The problem isn't your ears or your equipment — it's how the audio was built before it ever reached your living room.
Infinite streaming options were supposed to kill the old formats. Instead, game shows, procedurals, and true crime marathons are thriving harder than ever. A ranking of television's most indestructible genres — and my theory on why we can't quit them.
We spent years convincing ourselves that DVRs and on-demand streaming had made appointment television obsolete. Then the Super Bowl broke streaming records, the Oscars trended for 72 hours straight, and reality competition finales started crashing apps. Turns out, we never actually stopped wanting to watch together.