Coordinated cancellations of American rural-themed television programs
Irene Ryan and Buddy Ebsen as Granny and Jed Clampett in the last season of The Beverly Hillbillies
The "rural purge" of American television networks (in particular CBS) was a series of cancellations in the early 1970s of still-popular rural-themed shows with demographically skewed audiences, the majority of which occurred at the end of the 1970–71 television season. In addition to rural-themed shows such as Mayberry R.F.D., The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres, the cancellations ended several highly rated variety shows that had been on CBS since the beginning of television broadcasting. CBS saw a dramatic change in direction with the shift, moving away from shows with rural themes and toward more appeal to urban and suburban audiences.[1]
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The "ruralpurge" of American television networks (in particular CBS) was a series of cancellations in the early 1970s of still-popular rural-themed shows...
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and CBS canceled its rural shows in the summer of 1971. Undaunted, and noting that one instigating factor for the ruralpurge—the Prime Time Access Rule—had...
as part of the network's cancellation of all of its rural-oriented shows (known then as "ruralpurge", which also resulted in the cancellations of The Beverly...
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audience, did not appeal to urban residents, or both (the so-called RuralPurge). As The Lawrence Welk Show fit into this category, ABC ended its run...
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after in syndication. Another instance of premature endings was with the RuralPurge of 1971 where networks (notably CBS) axed still-popular TV series in...
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