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The Dawn Of The Silver Age Of Television

Ryan Dowd October 22, 2015
And so began the Silver Age in earnest—a time of a million different shows in a million different places. Television has gone from ornate to overwhelming.

Anthology Television: The Bridge Between The Gold And The Silver Age

Chris Fuller October 22, 2015
In the shift from the Golden Age to the Silver Age, anthology programming picked up the expanded narrative format that worked so well for 'The Sopranos.'

Zero Sum Game: Jumping Genres In The Silver Age

Caleb Griego October 21, 2015
The Golden Age of television channeled and burned the anti-hero, and in its wake the Silver Age has told more diverse, maybe even better stories.

How ‘Game of Thrones’ Claimed The Silver Age Crown

Ryan Dowd October 21, 2015
If the Silver Age of television is an expansive horizontal structure, then no show embodies the current moment than 'Game of Thrones.'
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