Pandora's box: how guts, guile, and greed upended TV

Introduction: Broadcast blues

Part I: "It's not television. It's HBO.". Seeding the wasteland

"Be a good Catholic for 15 fucking minutes"

HBO's annus horribilis

Part II: Back to basics. FX flips off HBO

AMC chases Chase

Showtime's bad-good girls

Out of luck and off-key, HBO gets game

Part III: Stream or die. Netflix's Albanian army

Amazon's women in the high castle

Disney's empire strikes back

Can WBD's kid stay in the picture?

Part IV: Back to the future. Cash is king.