That's true. I remember all the dull cookie cutter cops shows set in Southern California, all filmed during the '70s and '80s. The colors were always washed out, and the air tinged with smog, and they featured extreme overuse of the zoom lens. The stars always sported well coiffed hair, sprayed down with aerosol hair glue.
Yes, I'll give Lynch his props for getting away from that boring mold.
Chris Elliot did a hilarious double satire, targeting both sitcoms and cops shows of that era, called
Action Family.
It really captures the feel of those shows.