Then there are authors whose books continue to sell and actors who can still collect money from reruns of old TV shows.

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Could it be that audiences are tired of sequels and movies based on videogames (Prince of Persia) and old TV shows (The A-Team)?

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Just a bunch of theatrical movies and old TV shows.

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One thing I like about Netflix, Amazon Prime and a few of some other channels is the ability to stream old TV shows that I can watch sequentially at my own pace.

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As the audience disperses, a young fan, surely not old enough to remember any of those 80s TV shows first time around, shakes his head with a smile.

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Heck, we even get a watered down version of Netflix, which means there are plenty of old movies but not enough of the new and cool TV shows.

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But despite the industry's best efforts to create an easy-to-navigate "smart" television, an old-fashioned computer is still the easiest way to search for and discover TV shows and movies at your convenience.

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