peak tv
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A golden age of television generally held as beginning in the late 1990s and peaking in the 2010s, characterized by the proliferation of a large, diverse array of scripted shows coinciding with the rise of premium cable and streaming services.
Example Sentences
- "This isn’t the most important reason, of course, but with “Peak TV” in full swing these days, time is precious, and the less time a new piece of entertainment takes, the better."
- "Peak TV has meant a surfeit of shows for a growing but ever more fractured universe of consumers."
- "And as a vital part of the long-tail economy that is Peak TV, shows from abroad have won over Americans who’ve dropped cable and now stuff their streaming queues with romantic Korean dramas or chilly Nordic thrillers or kinetic Japanese anime."
Etymology
Coined by American television executive John Landgraf at a Television Critics Association event in 2015.