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13 Popular TV Shows That Would Never Get Made Today
Redbook ^ | 10/30/20 | Angel Madison

Posted on 07/21/2024 11:28:32 AM PDT by DallasBiff

We're shocked some of these ever made it on the air.

SNIP

2 The Dukes of Hazzard

While the “good ol' boys” never meant any harm, according to the show’s theme song, the confederate flag atop their signature vehicle the General Lee is a symbol of racial intolerance and slavery. TV Land pulled reruns of the show back in 2015 because of controversy surrounding the Confederate flag. That being said, a show with Daisy Duke donning her signature short-shorts and rebelling against Southern stereotypes might be a hit.


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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: dukesofhazard; politicallyincorrect
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To: OttawaFreeper
 
 
 
We whole heartedly agree!
 
 

41 posted on 07/21/2024 12:16:21 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: Leaning Right

42 posted on 07/21/2024 12:17:28 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ("We live in an empire of lies"-Ron Paul & others)
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To: DallasBiff
This is the author of that load of crap. Yes, many of those shows couldn't be made today, but to say that Married with Children is no longer funny is beyond delusional. In fact, it's funnier now than ever.


43 posted on 07/21/2024 12:19:25 PM PDT by KevinB (Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

That’s why shows like Designing Women and Grace Under Fire were on as well as the Dukes.


44 posted on 07/21/2024 12:20:32 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: DallasBiff
Another early Fox show, 'In Living Colour', would be seriously limited in the sketches they could do ( censors started coming down on the show, which is probably why the Wayans eventually all left). In fact, one of their sketches is edited with some of the lines left out on DVD releases: 'Men on Football'.

Men On Football - Original, Unedited Version from In Living Color

45 posted on 07/21/2024 12:20:45 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

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.


46 posted on 07/21/2024 12:21:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

Many of those shows WERE my childhood.


47 posted on 07/21/2024 12:26:23 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: dfwgator

See my earlier post. Even in the 1980s and ‘90s, shows like Designing Women, Grace Under Fire, and even In The Heat of The Night were being made with the Southern culture on display. And who could forget BJ and The Bear and also Sheriff Lobo, lol.


48 posted on 07/21/2024 12:34:15 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: albie
Well, these ladies certainly made Hee Haw worth watching, lol.
49 posted on 07/21/2024 12:38:33 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: DallasBiff

McHale’s Navy


50 posted on 07/21/2024 12:46:33 PM PDT by motor_racer ("Show me the man and I'll show you the crime" - Lavrentiy Beria, J. Stalin Deputy Premier)
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To: DallasBiff
And they would not allow pantyhose commercials on today, along with women celebrities doing endorsements for brands like Leggs, as ones like Barbara Eden and Debby Boone did back in the early 1980s. But Lena Dunham was allowed to show off her private parts on "Girls".
51 posted on 07/21/2024 12:47:22 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: DallasBiff
Why stop at 13 shows?

Almost any show from more than twenty years ago would not be made today.

Broadcast television is in such decline that they barely produce any shows with paid actors, instead to running sports broadcasts as well as "reality" shows and game shows where the members are contestants and as such are not subject to the Screen Actors Guild rules and pay scales. Starting in 1999, the top rated shows were 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?', 'Survivor', 'American Idol', 'Sunday Night Football'. 'NCIS' hasn't held a top slot since 2016. 'The Big Bang Theory' ended in 2018. Even its spinoff 'Sheldon' has already been discontinued.

Other shows such as the 'The View', 'The Talk', 'Today', 'Good Day', or any of the other various talk or cooking shows follow the same model. They don't pull in enough viewers to command advertising revenue to pay actual writers and actors.

52 posted on 07/21/2024 12:53:14 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: DallasBiff

😮


53 posted on 07/21/2024 1:02:07 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: crusty old prospector

Ah, the Gong Show. I watched that every time.
Remember this one called “Have You Got a Nickle?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7bvYsBudr0


54 posted on 07/21/2024 1:10:15 PM PDT by Senormechanico
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To: DFG

Solid Gold with those leggy dancers, and the original GLOW, not the sanitized version. Even the Dean Martin Show.


55 posted on 07/21/2024 1:12:40 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: DallasBiff

I live in rural Kentucky. My wife and I moved here from Seattle 13 years ago and love it. We’re in rural south central KY.

However, people here, especially the middle class and lower, are not the most healthy eaters. The lines at McDonalds drive through are a thing to behold. But anyway, My brother in law in Phoenix told me to watch this show about a marshall in Kentucky so I tried to watch it. They would go to these typical “somewhat or totally” rundown homes in the sticks and the girlfriend/wife would come out to meet them and they were always hot. Yet I can tell you that if you lined up 100 random ones, all but maybe one or two would resemble the photo you posted, but with rattier clothing.

I really noticed the difference a couple months ago when we were visiting a friend in Palm Springs and we went to a local coffee shop (where locals shopped) and it DID look like the female cast from that TV show. It sure doesn’t at the local coffee shop where we live.

BTW, we’re smack in the middle class here, but we don’t do fast food, and rarely do restaurants, so we’re good...


56 posted on 07/21/2024 1:16:44 PM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: SuperLuminal

We need a new Joseph McCarthy.


57 posted on 07/21/2024 1:39:01 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: No name given

Amen to that...

However, we do have Mitch McConnell.../s ☹😣


58 posted on 07/21/2024 1:50:57 PM PDT by SuperLuminal ( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Fresh Wind
No mention of Amos and Andy. The first almost all black sitcom. Very little actual racism.

Amos & Andy were the only exposure to black folks many white people had in some parts of the country.

59 posted on 07/21/2024 1:54:08 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: DallasBiff

Mel Brooks did a Pilot for a TV show based on Blazing Saddles.

I KNOW that one wouldn’t fly


60 posted on 07/21/2024 1:58:49 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (Conan the Sailing Librarian)
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