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TV was better in the '90s

Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), Axel (Lew Temple), Oscar (Vincent Ward) and Tomas (Nick Gomez) in a scene from 'The Walking Dead.' (Credit: Gene Page, AMC)

I hate to sound like a curmudgeon, but life was so much easier in the '90s, at least in terms of television. In 1999, The Sopranos premiered. Suddenly, the Sunday night appointment schedule shifted from The X-Files (which had just began its decline) to HBO. Basically, what happened was my group of friends took the time and energy invested in one show and transferred it to another.

The same can't be...