[wishinghand]

I just don't see it. With the exception of children's cartoons/shows, there's just always been political stuff. Any USA show with a black family dealt with racism, and if they were wealthy, not being 'black enough'. Poor families like in Roseanne were dealing with layoffs and hoping that the trickle down effect of Reaganomics would kick in any day now.

Looney tunes, Animaniacs, some SNL skits, Blue's Clues- these all had that lack of present day political stuff, but even something as light as The Drew Carey Show had themes about stuff like political correctness in the office place, and cross-dressing/genderqueer folks.