There was a time when the Democrats were basically a Southern party where all culture - including TV - celebrated Southern Democrat culture, including nostalgia for the Confederacy. Once the Dems were wiped out in the South, the medial culture changed to vilify Southern culture (and convenienty ignored that the Democrats created the Dixie / Confederate culture).
That just shows demonrats are hucksters.
That’s why shows like Designing Women and Grace Under Fire were on as well as the Dukes.
There was a time when the Democrats were basically a Southern party where all culture - including TV - celebrated Southern Democrat culture, including nostalgia for the Confederacy. Once the Dems were wiped out in the South, the medial culture changed to vilify Southern culture (and convenienty ignored that the Democrats created the Dixie / Confederate culture).
The Rural Purge.