"It seems that, in this time of unprecedented choice and quality, the so-called golden age of prestige television, most of us still want to watch half-hour shows about vaguely likable people in which everything turns out OK," says Richard Godwin of The Office and Friends' ranking as Netflix's Top 2 shows. "Ideally from the 90s, but maybe the 00s. And preferably something that we have seen many, many times before. Welcome to the age of non-event TV."
TOPICS: The Office (US), Netflix, Friends, Retro TV