23 Shows That Changed Television - The Daily Beast

23 Shows That Changed Television - The Daily Beast: "Bug-eating wannabe millionaires, plane-crash survivors, and Simon Cowell—VIEW OUR GALLERY of the decade's most influential TV shows.

In the past 10 years, truck-size high-definition sets and handheld iPhone screens changed the way that people watch television. Reality programming supplanted scripted dramas and comedies, cable rose up to compete with broadcast, and Hollywood struggled (and continues to struggle) to reinvent itself in an era of Hulu, illegal downloads, and shrinking revenues."