Not only House of Cards, but when was the last time a network TV show won the Emmy for Best Drama?
All I can remember for the last several years has been: Breaking Bad, Madmen, and The Soprano’s. Best drama actor and actress nominations are almost all from cable shows now.
The only thing on regular TV are sitcoms. Even many of those nominated now are on cable.
What is left on network TV, reality shows and lame sitcoms.
The only good sitcom on TV is Big Bang Theory. Prior to that was The Office.
Don't forget "Generic Crime Show" and its spin off "Generic Crime Show: another city or subgenre".
I wish I could find a fark.com parody I saw captioned "CSI: Law and Order. Now we're every show on television" with a group shot of the casts of all the CSI and L&O shows.