The programming for these time slots was low-budget, and the subject matter limited to ordinary life in Taiwan's unsophisticated rural past, mostly tragic tales of mistreated daughters-in-law and the like, or family comedies. Thus, for a long time, Taiwanese drama gave people the impression of being lowbrow.
但因為中午時段及六點半檔多以婦女與老年觀眾群為對象，製作成本低，題材又侷限於市井小民的生活，多以苦命養女或家庭笑料為劇情，長期以來，台語劇就讓人有粗糙鄙俗的印象。