As for innovation, many of its products have been me-too copycats that became successful largely by piggybacking onto Microsoft’s worldwide laptop and desktop operating system monopoly of Windows.

Source: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3711565/microsoft-will-overtake-apple-as-the-world-s-largest-company-in-24.html

Watching them encourages stations to air more of them, which encourages copycats.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-25/car-chase-channel-pluto-tv