Saturday Night LiveIn November 2010, Hulu, which debuted in 2008 as an ad-supported streaming video site, launched its subscription service, including full seasons of certain shows.
Netflix championed this new kind of consumption, commissioning a survey to determine how many people binge-watch, and why. While some say the decade technically ends a year from now, the end of this year will be marked by many as the conclusion of the second decade of the 21st century. And as the new decade begins, the trend may start to reverse.