I suspect the reason you think US TV is great is because you only see the one show in a hundred worth exporting. Much the same here, where the great BBC dramas shown on public TV give the mis impression that all British TV is high brow and high quality.
Every year the networks trot out 30 or more new shows, and are lucky if a few gain any following. Every once and a while they have a good new show and then a dozen low quality clones appear within the next few years.
My own opinion is, that they have a tiny circle of producers who rely on a small group of writers whom they go back to again and again, mostly because they once created a big hit once. This has left the TV & movie business with a dearth of good and interesting stories.
The reason they do not do shows on the topics you posited is because no one else ever had a successful show on those topics and they are risk adverse.
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Every year the networks trot out 30 or more new shows, and are lucky if a few gain any following. Every once and a while they have a good new show and then a dozen low quality clones appear within the next few years.
My own opinion is, that they have a tiny circle of producers who rely on a small group of writers whom they go back to again and again, mostly because they once created a big hit once. This has left the TV & movie business with a dearth of good and interesting stories.
The reason they do not do shows on the topics you posited is because no one else ever had a successful show on those topics and they are risk adverse.
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