What caused American TV to become less interested in science and more interested in rednecks and Hollywood materialism during the early 2010s?

[JakeWIlls92]

What happened? Who pressed the idiot button?

 

[cnm]

What caused American TV to become less interested in science and more interested in rednecks and Hollywood materialism during the early 2010s?​

Its market.

 

[hjmick]

The Hollywood writers strike in 2007-2008.

 

[JakeWIlls92]

What happened? Who pressed the idiot button?

 

[JGalt]

Science is boring, I'm not paying my cable company $200 a month to educate me. I'd rather see rednecks shooting guns and crashing cars. And redneck girls in skimpy clothes.

 

[bodecea]

What happened? Who pressed the idiot button?

You don't remember the 60s with shows like The Beverly Hillbillies?

 

[Dekster]

What happened? Who pressed the idiot button?

You'll be happy to know that they are apparently working on a third Battlestar Galactica series for Peacock streaming that will kick off with a movie (presumably on NBC).