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Interesting analysis of the major shift of TV network programming in early 70s
Posted on 9/25/26 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 9/25/26 at 1:38 pm
I was a young cub when this change happened. While the voice over is AI (there's one ppint where it is very apparent), it is interesting.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 1:49 pm to udtiger
I imagine a version of this with media happens every 15-20 years as one generation of people age out the desired marketing bracket and another group age in.
It’s why everyone over a certain age thinks new music sucks, it’s no longer made for people like them
It’s why everyone over a certain age thinks new music sucks, it’s no longer made for people like them
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:03 pm to udtiger
Sounds like they are trying to copy the narrator from Wonder Years or the Sandlot.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:31 pm to SUB
Just wish trump would bring back Saturday morning cartoons....
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:49 pm to TigerBlitz03
Just wish trump would bring back Saturday morning cartoons....
---Do you get MeTV?
---Do you get MeTV?
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:03 pm to TigerBlitz03
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Just wish trump would bring back Saturday morning cartoons....
Ah, those were the days. All three networks showed them, and you memorized what shows came on at what time on which channel. If there were two shows on that you liked at the same time on different channels, you were just shite out of luck. It was an early introduction to "Life's a bitch. Deal with it."
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:06 pm to Tiger1242
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I imagine a version of this with media happens every 15-20 years as one generation of people age out the desired marketing bracket and another group age in.
I think the change is a bit more gradual these days. What they did back then was not just axe a bunch of shows, they axed a bunch of shows millions were still watching (since there were only 3 networks at that time) all within a year or two of one another.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:15 pm to Tiger1242
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It’s why everyone over a certain age thinks new music sucks, it’s no longer made for people like them
That is an oversimplification.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:21 pm to TheFonz
Fonz is right. the days man... just a recap of the show you missed via hallway conversation or on the playground at recess.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:49 pm to Tiger1242
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I imagine a version of this with media happens every 15-20 years as one generation of people age out the desired marketing bracket and another group age in.
Except for the fact that rap music was being propped up by USAID money. Rolling Stone wrote that the accusation was just a racist trope. They should have done their research. A PBS story that ran in 2014 documented exactly what USAID money was doing to our culture
PBS.com
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PBS News Hour
Behind USAID's failed attempt to infiltrate Cuban hip-hop
Media and music has always been moved by hidden figures trying to influence the culture
Posted on 9/25/26 at 3:56 pm to TigerBlitz03
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Just wish trump would bring back Saturday morning cartoons....
Trump is a Saturday morning cartoon
Posted on 9/25/26 at 4:05 pm to udtiger
They punched Paul Henning in the gut. Today it would be as if the networks cancelled all of Dick Wolf's shows at once.
Hee Haw made the genius move of opting for syndication. The perfect bridge show between Saturday afternoon's Porter Wagoner and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.
Hee Haw made the genius move of opting for syndication. The perfect bridge show between Saturday afternoon's Porter Wagoner and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 4:11 pm to Tiger1242
quote:It wasn't the audience aging out. The rural shows were still popular. CBS just made the decision to be the "Tiffany Network" and have smart shows following their upper-class CBS News with Walter Cronkite and 60 Minutes. Luckily Norman Lear and Grant Tinker could produce those more upper-class comedies.
I imagine a version of this with media happens every 15-20 years as one generation of people age out the desired marketing bracket and another group age in.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 4:14 pm to udtiger
All in….
The Family was brought in that same year….
The Family was brought in that same year….
Posted on 9/25/26 at 5:02 pm to Jimbeaux
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All in….
The Family was brought in that same year….
There it is.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 5:22 pm to udtiger
I was born early 70's and remember the transition to us Gen Xers in the late 70's and 80's. The sitcoms became cheesy and age appropriate for my age as a kid. Then you had a ton of detective shows that were geared to my age with cool cars, trucks, etc. It seemed like the early to mid 80's really aimed for my bracket with the sitcoms and 1 hour long detective shows.
The 70's seemed like the shows were still geared to baby boomers and more adult focused material.
The 70's seemed like the shows were still geared to baby boomers and more adult focused material.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 6:04 pm to udtiger
This video doesn't mention The Virginian/Men From Shiloh, which was 18th in the ratings but still cancelled
This symbolized the replacement of the western by the urban cop/detective show as the TV action genre
This symbolized the replacement of the western by the urban cop/detective show as the TV action genre
Posted on 9/25/26 at 6:16 pm to Tiger1242
quote:This wasn't the usual generational change. This was a complete shift in marketing strategy.
I imagine a version of this with media happens every 15-20 years as one generation of people age out the desired marketing bracket and another group age in
There had tentative steps toward this for some time. In 1967 the sitcom He and She dealt with a yuppie couple (the wife worked) in NYC who were, significantly, childless. This would be the precursor of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
We are still feeling the ramificitions of this purge. It would be a major step in making network prime time female, a process which was speeded up by the advent of basic cable in the '80s.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 6:27 pm to TheFonz
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Ah, those were the days
So, are you saying that was better than now?
This post was edited on 9/25/26 at 6:27 pm
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