"Here, have some 'member berries" doesn't work on people who remember when STAR TREK was thought-provoking *while being* entertaining. You don't have to choose between one or the other.
Confidently staying on just this side of the Nice List, I nevertheless must feel pretty confident, taking all those shots at establishment figures from marvel and DC and pulling the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger and whatnot.
What was your first TV heartbreak? The show that got cancelled before you really knew how things worked? MAX HEADROOM. I could have watched ten years of that.