In the years following 9/11, American TV developed a preoccupation with apocalypse. Science fiction and fantasy shows ranging from to , from the rebooted , envisaged scenarios in which world-changing disasters were either threatened or actually took place. During the same period numerous commentators observed that the American media's representation of gender had undergone a marked regression, possibly, it was suggested, as a consequence of the 9/11 attacks and the feelings of weakness and insecurity they engendered in the nation's men.