First, most people aren’t going to do that. Second, there’s a difference between opting for randomness and having it forced on you.
Now about the idea of the older shows having more self contained episodes; OP is correct. It was the rise of night time soap opera like ‘Dallas’ and miniseries like “Roots” and ‘Sho-Gun’ that made networks/producers see that people wanted extended stories.
ErsatzTV let’s you do channel surfing with Plex Media. Crate your own channels, make a schedule or randomizer, then flip through to find something to watch
First, most people aren’t going to do that. Second, there’s a difference between opting for randomness and having it forced on you.
Now about the idea of the older shows having more self contained episodes; OP is correct. It was the rise of night time soap opera like ‘Dallas’ and miniseries like “Roots” and ‘Sho-Gun’ that made networks/producers see that people wanted extended stories.
ErsatzTV let’s you do channel surfing with Plex Media. Crate your own channels, make a schedule or randomizer, then flip through to find something to watch
You can use it with Jellyfin too, though live TV support varies by the client you use
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