Nativist Taiwanese dramas have created their own new format of "contemporary realist" programming. They have been all the more widely discussed since they have touched upon political taboos, and, at Formosa Television at least, are part of a deliberate policy to promote the use of the Taiwanese language.
至於鄉土劇因碰觸政治的禁忌，廣受輿論討論，加上民視推動台語的政策，也創造了寫實時代劇的新劇種。