How The 'Rural Purge' Created Modern Television

This is how cancellations of popular rural-themed television shows in the early 1970s such as Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Lassie, Hee-Haw, and The Beverly Hillbillies would reshape the small screen forever, paving the way for new series like All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, The Flip Wilson Show that would pave the path for the diverse television of today that reflects modern audiences.

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