>The rural purge was the mass cancellation of rural-themed television programs by American networks, in particular CBS, that occurred in the early 1970s.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge
>>219025828Does Survivor count as a rural-themed CBS television program? I just want to discuss Survivor outside of a Wednesday night when it airs
conductor we have a fucking problem
>>219025828makes sense by the 70s political power had shifted to the left controlled cities and rural people in flyover states could be safely ignored or just slandered as backwards racists by the hollywood jews.
>>219029081It wasn't about political power. Advertisers informed the TV networks that white men weren't easily swayed by commercials and advertising revenue would improve for programming that targets women and blacks who spend more freely.
>>219030712I've found this to be mostly true in my case.I generally find myself to be more focused on the pupeteer's hands than the puppet itself.And TV ads usually only make me roll my eyes or take piss breaks, not spend money or alter my social attitudes.
>>219027029It does not. It is a travel show.
>>219032188Amazing Race is travel. Survivor features several different remote rural locations (now exclusively Fiji)
>>219036546Travel to remote locations with the amenities of a vacation
>>219029081>>219030712It also((conveniently)) coincided with the conclusion of White Flight. No more reason to encourage White people to flee out to the suburbs and rural areas.
>>219025828>rural themed shows are huge hits>network executives cancel them anyways>eventually bring back these types of shows>they’re also hitsHmm, seems like Hollywood doesn’t know what it’s doing.
>>219036931>amenities of a vacationIrrelevant. Ruralness isn't determined by whether small pockets have nice stuff or not.
>>219025828>t.
>>219041437 >t. bogbeef imagine posting a 240x240 cowboy png like you just dropped the hardest rebuttal of 2026 you saw “rural shows are profitable” and your brain short-circuited into pixel rancher mode at least upscale him before you larp as Hollywood’s diversity consultant, anon
>>219041515you got btfo
>>219041515>he doesn't know bogbeefyou have to go back
