I would add The Hour, Broadchurch, Top of the Lake, Justified, previously The Shield and the Sopranos, Damages, Masterpiece Mystery, all top notch.
I am not a big fan of the fantasy genre, but before it’s over Game of Thrones will be considered one of the great series of all time.
And the sports coverage is far more from a quantity and quality standpoint. In the 60s you could pay for the Ali fights at the theaters and if you didn’t you couldn’t see the fight. Now they replay the pay-for-views a week afterwords for regular subscribers. Several channels broadcast boxing 2-3 weeks per month. You can see any baseball or football game if you can afford it.
The cable companies have raised the bar and you can turn more and more to tv and now the net and away from the theatres. Look at House of Cards, Arrested Development and Orange is the New Black on Netflix, with more coming.
There’s enough to criticize and some real junk, but we have many more choices of quality programs and for those opposed we always have the turn off button.
Cable/Satellite TV is eating Hollywood alive. The movies just can't compare anymore to the quality of the programming put out on the cable channels. Watch Hell on Wheels when you get a chance and you will see a show that has movie quality cinematography in every episode.
Cable/Satellite TV took the handcuffs off of what could be presented on tv and now we are in a golden age. The movie people should be very, very concerned.