Most War on Terror TV dramas failed to capture audiences.

Evidence

Surprisingly, many post-9/11 TV dramas whose central theme is the War on Terror did not succeed past a season or two; some did not last longer than a few episodes. Why did they fail to capture audiences given the ripped-from-theheadlines relevance of their plots and ability to capitalize on post-9/11 fear? The Wanted, meant to be a documentary version of 24 with CIA agents investigating and combating terrorism, lasted a mere two episodes. It was attacked by critics for promoting questionable journalistic standards and by viewers for being contrived, empty propaganda. — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 249

Categorization

• QUESTION: The sentence cuts off mid-thought about why The Wanted failed — worth reading further to learn the real reasons.
• XREF: Echoes the puzzle in Culture of Fear and moral-panic studies of why fear-based content sometimes fails to land.