"hey we have got this script for a show about sales reps scamming people into buying timeshares in the 1950's"
"ok , but the idea has been done many times before and the story they have written is a bit weak ... but you do have Hank Azaria attached"
"hey , what if we set it in an alternative 1950's and add a bunch of sci-fi tecnology - that'll distract the viewers from the boring story and keep them entertained"
"yeah , the alternative past thing worked great for us on For All Mankind ... and by adding robots and hovercars we might trick some of the scifi fans into giving it a try"
"sounds like a winner to me"
"ok , but the idea has been done many times before and the story they have written is a bit weak ... but you do have Hank Azaria attached"
"hey , what if we set it in an alternative 1950's and add a bunch of sci-fi tecnology - that'll distract the viewers from the boring story and keep them entertained"
"yeah , the alternative past thing worked great for us on For All Mankind ... and by adding robots and hovercars we might trick some of the scifi fans into giving it a try"
"sounds like a winner to me"