stackyFACTSThe peak of dramatic television was entirely bankrolled by domestic drudgery. Detergent manufacturers sponsored endless daytime radio and television melodramas specifically to captivate housewives, seamlessly weaving brain-melting plot twists with relentless advertisements for cleaning products.
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