I saw a pretty funny article about why Yellowstone was so popular. I wasn't going to click on it, but since it was the AV Club I told myself that it's almost a guarantee that somewhere in the article would be some attack about how white people like it. Of course I wasn't wrong. The writer of the article couldn't understand how the show was so popular when it didn't have much buzz online. Of course as you know they couldn't resist whining about the lack of diversity because in current year a good show is determined by diversity/inclusion.
Yellowstone, Better Call Saul, and Blue Bloods are pretty much the only non-animated current shows I watch. I haven't seen 1883 because I am not getting paramount plus for one show and also because they suck with modern day Star Trek.
I used to think networks and streaming services would see the popularity of Yellowstone or Blue Bloods as a lesson but I was wrong. Hallmark had great ratings and gave their demographic what they wanted, but they have foolishly listened to the morons on social media and now it looks like there will be gay side characters and they are already complaining that it isn't enough. Hopefully Yellowstone won't cave, but I think the next season will be the last.
As someone who loves Leave it to Beaver and Father Knows Best I could almost guarantee a show made today that celebrates the traditional family would do well. However it would do well with the "wrong people".
Can't say I've ever seen it. I don't have cable so basically, anything I watch is on DVD. We've been smart enough to get DVD sets of all the shows we like so things like Green Acres, Leave it to Beaver, Hogan's Heroes, Dragnet, and tons of other stuff but I don't recall seeing George and Gracie.
Oh! Green Acres is another great one that loves to break the fourth wall. It's so easy to forget that people back then were just as smart (probably moreso) as us and found they could miss with the conventions of the media they worked in. Goes to show how myopic we are today.
Burns and Allen. Yeah, that was always a classic, and so was The Jack Benny Show.
And hell, if you want a more recent show that is almost exactly like these two shows (breaking the fourth wall and all), then look up It's Garry Shandling's Show. And if you can find it, Bizarre feat. Jon Byner. Or for that goddamn matter, The Carol Burnett Show.
I grew up with this stuff being on TV all the time.