The Rural Purge

The "Rural Purge" of American television networks was a series of cancellations in the early 1970s of still-popular rural-themed shows in America, contributing to the eradication of the rural American and Southerner on U.S. TV.

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Haggins, Jerry. "The Andy Griffith Show – U.S. Situation Comedy". Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved May 7, 2012.

TV Ratings: 1970–71". ClassicTVHits.com.

The Rural Purge: The Year CBS Killed Everything With a Tree in It – Socionomics Institute". Retrieved October 21, 2020.

Morgan, Chris (May 19, 2017). "Remember TV's Rural Purge". Medium. Retrieved October 21, 2020.

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