StrangersInTheNight posted:

i feel like the whole era of people being united by watching the same programming blocks in the evening is kinda gone yeah. i'm not really saying that nostalgically, i'm not sure if i ever want to go back to every night being the same things while being bombarded by ads, it's just A Thing That Is. Entertainment has split off and become a series of niches with no one mainstream outlet, outside of maybe Netflix.

EDIT: That said some boomers still watch late night television, so there are people who still do it, just not the folks you'd want to feel part of a tribe with lol and cable is not the dominant form of entertainment anymore, that's for sure.