I think this is a bit of an overgeneralization. There is _plenty_ of media (movies, television, music) that came out over the years that was absolutely terrible

I think this is a bit of an overgeneralization. There is _plenty_ of media (movies, television, music) that came out over the years that was absolutely terrible. Networks at the time also were very data-driven with their decisions, they just didn't have as much data to work with.