"Peak TV is in retreat and in its place is a new era of discontent: Call it pique TV," wrote the Los Angeles Times in an article headlined "The Lost Promise of Streaming." Still, with all the angst and hand wringing, I couldn't have imagined a TV universe where excellent but risky creative gambles like Netflix's road rage dramedy Beef, Prime Video's surreal serial killer drama Swarm or FX's transcendent restaurant-set dark comedy The Bear would get the resources to exist without the current streaming system. If viewers want high quality shows, they'll have to support that process, even if the strikes seriously limit what kind of TV we can enjoy for awhile, with our badly understocked upcoming Fall TV season as an example.