Stephen King and George R.R. Martin's Darkest Stories Were Adapted in This Perfect Sci-Fi Revival

While the 1980s saw the growth of cable television, with the likes of CNN, MTV, and ESPN initiating broadcasting, it would be the 1990s when these upstart stations began to expand the idea of what television could be. They began creating original programming, drawing attention with critically-acclaimed fare like The Larry Sanders Show, Oz, and MTV's The Real World, which introduced reality television to the masses — thanks for that, MTV (cue slow golf clap).