The format of TV in general helped a lot. There were only so many channels with so many timeslots, so you had to actually air what people wanted to watch or your ads will not get viewed and you get no money.

Even when they wanted to push propaganda they at least had to make it appealing enough that you don't just change the channel or turn the TV off. I feel like most of the writers on shows back then were mostly white men too, with more meddling coming from the executives above them.

TV now is almost more ads than content, and that's because the people still watching it either have no standards or aren't capable of doing things like finding their own entertainment online.

The format of TV in general helped a lot. There were only so many channels with so many timeslots, so you had to actually air what people wanted to watch or your ads will not get viewed and you get no money.

Even when they wanted to push propaganda they at least had to make it appealing enough that you don't just change the channel or turn the TV off. I feel like most of the writers on shows back then where mostly white men too, with more meddling coming from the executives above them.

TV now is almost more ads than content, and that's because the people still watching it either have no standards or aren't capable of doing things like finding their own entertainment online.