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NEW - 80 Million Viewers: How MASH Proved TV's Generational Power
TV shows that defined generations create identity markers you didn't choose. Your parents watched Happy Days and learned to romanticize decades they never lived. You watched Breaking Bad and witnessed television's peak. Gen Z watches Euphoria on devices while you wonder what happened to shared cultural moments.
Conroy: before Happy Days, nostalgia industries didn't exist. MASH finale drew 80 million viewers in 1983. Star Trek flopped originally, became an empire through syndication. Beverly Hills 90210 started as a failed Degrassi Junior High licensing attempt. The X-Files introduced…
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