It's not TV, it's HBO. The premium television network was launched all the way back in 1972, but it was during the late '90s and early 2000s that they really came to revolutionize television as we know it. Birthed by shows like The Sopranos, the concept of "prestige television" came to be automatically associated with HBO. In the years since, they have produced several of the greatest dramas, comedies, and genre shows of not just the 21st century, but perhaps even all time.