Remember when you could watch TV to relax? Good luck with that now. Aside from a few steady sitcoms, scripted TV is a land of sudden death, missing friends, and risky, anonymous sex. Sitting down to watch your favorite show can be agony.
And, also, more fun than ever.
Some of TV’s longest-standing rules are over, done in by groundbreaking shows like “The Sopranos,” “Breaking Bad,” and “Game of Thrones.” This coming season, “Homeland” does one of the oddest things we’ve seen. By not showing us something.
Here are five longstanding TV rules that aren’t TV rules anymore.
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