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The television landscape in this era of Peak TV comprises many overlapping tiers and ecosystems. Within this moment of seemingly infinite choice, there are genres -- dramas, comedies, talk shows, reality shows -- but more importantly, there are target audiences. The style, subject, and stars of a program are not meaningless, but the more important questions are: Who's watching? Where are they watching it? And are they buzzing about it online afterward? It's why you might expect shows as theoretically disparate as The Good Doctor and Young Sheldon on the same DVR, and why viewers of Curb Your Enthusiasm probably also enjoyed Mad Men. It's why some viewers are content with network primetime and why HBO was able to attract a certain type of viewer with the tagline, "It's not TV. It's HBO." It's about the perception of prestige.
