[mrsmith]

“Twilight Zone was certainly NOT aimed at young males exclusively”
No. As I said, it was aimed at young males INclusively.

TV shows in the day of 3 networks tried to appeal to all the members of the family during prime time. Twilight Zone and Outer Limits (to a lesser extent) did an exceptional job of maintaining the appeal to young males while expanding the audience- an artistic benefit of the commercial pressure they were under.
The commercial pressure of today is to appeal to the most profitable ‘dumb slut’ demographics. Hence: “Asylum’ and the flaws in ‘John Carter’ and ‘Starship Troopers’.

[Nepeta]

TV shows in the day of 3 networks tried to appeal to all the members of the family during prime time. Twilight Zone and Outer Limits (to a lesser extent) did an exceptional job of maintaining the appeal to young males while expanding the audience- an artistic benefit of the commercial pressure they were under.

And amazingly, they succeeded a lot. Even the vocabulary used in 1960s tv is stunning; the dialogue isn't always dumbed down. They could tell a story without car chases, dazzling special effects, or constant beautiful faces.

Consider Outer Limits' "100 Days of the Dragon," a political thriller using the simple device of a face-changing mold.