How the pandemic stalled peak TV 1 Mar, 2021 05:00 AM 9 minutes to read The pandemic created a break in the boom time known as Peak TV. Photo / Yoshi Sodeoka, The New York Times The pandemic created a break in the boom time known as Peak TV. Photo / Yoshi Sodeoka, The New York Times New York Times By: John Koblin Where's Succession? Atlanta? After the number of scripted shows fell for the first time in a decade, Hollywood hopes to satisfy a restless audience with less costly fare. What would we be watching in an alternate, pandemic-free universe? One choice would be the third season of Atlanta, the critically adored show created by Donald Glover, which would have made its debut a few weeks ago. Viewers would have also learned the latest in the saga of the Roy family on Succession, or could have tuned in to see the portrait of Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton in the new installment of American Crime Story.