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This is a way of making myself write something coherent and grammatically correct almost every day. I'm opinionated and need an outlet. I'm also prone to flights of fancy. Thanks for stopping by. |
| I came across a new term while reading about television history. Yes, my life is so shallow that I read about and research television. The term was "Country Purge". It happened around 1970-1972. It was during that time that, according to Pat Buttram (Mr. Haney on Green Acres), anything with a tree had to come off the schedule. Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction were the silliest, but that also included their country cousins Hee Haw, The Glen Campbell Hour, and most cowboy shows. CBS had been guilty of overkill on the country bumpkin shows and had become jokingly known as Country Broadcasting System. So to clean up the image, those shows were dumped regardless of ratings. All of the networks went through a similar purge, maybe not as drastic, as they tried to become more urbane and worldly. Parent groups had protested the violence of cowboy and western shows. So they were replaced with police dramas, a different type of violence, but without trees. The big city and crime shows still prevail today. The major networks still avoid shows with rural themes or settings. Metropolitan police, hospital, espionage or big city stories rule the airwaves. |
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