+1 for Atlanta and The Wire as eye-opening depictions of daily life in poverty. But even in TV, these examples are the exception to the rule, sadly. The only other successful show I can think of is Rosanne, which means we're averaging about one a decade.
It's a tough sell in some ways - "girl loses dog, girl finds dog, the end" - but oh-so-worth-it.
[1] https://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/09/03/being-poor/