When did televisions shows stop being made with morals and lessons to them?

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All the old shows you see have some sort of point to them, something to be learned from them, that doesn't seem to happen now and i was wondering when and why it changed. and does it have anything to do with the way kids are these days? they spend so much time watching it, wouldn't it be good if there was something character building about it? no i'm not one of those tv sticklers i just saw an old show last night and wondered when it changed.

Smiddy · Accepted Answer

life lessons don't sell lite beer and dish powder and SUVs and armpit deodorant and soda pop. the lessons stopped when the money got so big. individual tv shows today run on budgets higher than the movies from the times you're longing for. people demand these shows to be action/sex/controversy loaded just like the movies. no room to teach life lessons in there and the producers couldn't care less - only to recoup those giant budgets.

the morale of this story is one should ween their kids off the idiot box and get them to read books.

boomerang3que · Answer

I think that people that watch television stopped tuning into that.  We all dont want to be preached to when being entertained...plus who's moral lesson should be published?  Christian?  Catholic?  Jewish? Black?  If you do one, that implies that the others arent as good.

salforddude · Answer

They stopped when the BBC lost its monopoly and had to compete in a comercial marketplace,which pandered to the lowest common denometer of the public

When did televisions shows stop being made with morals and lessons to them?

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