The network brass deliberately killed off the truly rural sitcoms of the 1960s despite the fact that they were still wildly popular, because they couldn't relate to anything not set in a big city.
Note that Fred Silverman, a New York Jew, was the force behind this at CBS that destroyed rural programming in preference of urban programming at CBS, then he moved onto ABC and NBC and did the same. Those were the biggest 3 networks, so 1 man basically managed to destroy rural shows from television.
see: THe Rural Purge.
The network brass deliberately killed off the truly rural sitcoms of the 1960s despite the fact that they were still wildly popular, because they couldn't relate to anything not set in a big city.
Note that Fred Silverman, a New York Jew, was the force behind this at CBS that destroyed rural programming in preference of urban programming at CBS, then he moved onto ABC and NBC and did the same. Those were the biggest 3 networks, so 1 man basically managed to destroy rural shows from television.
He looks almost exactly how I would expect. Incredibly soft faced, round head, fake and neurotic smile. The hair...