The "rural purge" of American television networks (in particular CBS) was a series of cancellations between 1969 and 1972, the majority of which occurred at the end of the 1970-71 television season of still popular rural-themed shows with demographically skewed audiences.
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Famous quotes containing the words rural and/or purge:
“Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,
Exhilarate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid Nature.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)
“If I do grow great, I’ll grow less, for I’ll purge and leave
sack, and live cleanly as a nobleman should do.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)