When movies or TV shows need an establishing shot of the characters watching TV, especially when it has no bearing on the plot, the producers will often try to save money by having the characters watch something whose rights they don't have to license. Though they often occur for different reasons, this trope is sometimes related to Pac-Man Fever. May sometimes overlap with There's No B in Movie, as cheapie genre films from before 1964 are particularly likely to have lapsed into the Public Domain. So have some telefilms, such as The Woman Hunter from 1972.
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