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ShowWaves charts the 1,000 most influential, popular, and trendsetting TV and streaming shows and series over the past 75 years. Shows are organized by genre represented by streams that grow and shrink over time.

From the early 1940s, when the first television shows were broadcast, to the age of streaming, ShowWaves maps the history of television in one chart. Bolded titles and genre boundaries show the flow and interrelationships among styles; start and end years of each show allow you to compare your favorite shows.