Reminds me of the Boston Legal episode where Carl Sack (John Laroquette) sues the networks for lack of quality programming...
In court Judge Clark Brown (Henry Gibson), responded with his usual characteristic exasperation, “You can’t sue the networks!” Brown roared again. “You can’t tell the networks what shows to make!” he cried.
“No, but you can order them not to discriminate!” Sack replied. “What they’re doing intentionally excludes a class of society. That’s bigotry! We should be able to turn on our damn televisions and see something other than reality shows aimed at fourth graders, game shows aimed at those slightly smarter than fifth graders and scripted shows with dimwitted, sex-crazed twenty-somethings running around in suits or doctors’ scrubs! Old people, the ones with intelligence, don’t want to watch that crap! We’re fed up! The networks might think we’re dead, but we’re not. We’re very much alive, with working brains! Give us something to watch, damn it!”
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Now that (BL) was a great show - David Kelly was never one to shy from 'biting the hand that feeds him', usually resulting in some revealing and hilarious dialogue.