“So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern...Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Notice how many game shows are on evening tv on the major networks. Granted they are cheaper and easier to work with with the chicom virus but it looks like bread and circuses. Not that I watch any of them. Especially the recycled ones from older established game shows