It was kind of always that way - we were force fed what some Hollywood exec WANTED you to see, or thought you wanted to see it.

You know, the same people who were so out of touch during the Baby Boom that they thought people would be offended by the sight of pregnant women ...

The same people who got rid of the rural shows no matter how wildly popular they still were, because they themselves preferred "sophisticated" city settings with "modern day" problems for storylines ...

And they told us we couldn't wait for new seasons of what they wanted to push the most.

Anything the people liked gets cancelled just because. Or shifted around to different nights until the ratings say "cancel".

Starting with Norman Lear, old shows are FULL of The Message.