And I wasn't anywhere near the first to recognize it: https://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C...i131i67k1j0i67k1j0i131k1j0i10k1.0.10jnwCTLrDc Click on any link and judge for yourself.
The assessment still stands. I recently watched the final episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (for the nth time over the years), and I came to realize that the comparison is more true today than ever before. In the last show, the station gets a new owner, who promptly fires the people who actually know what they’re doing. Only Ted is left standing. 2024, anyone?