In the evening, Lynch sat in the living room watching TV after dinner.
He knew the essence of television programs was to numb the people at the bottom of society, increasing their laziness and fear while incidentally plundering their final value.
But occasionally watching it wouldn't affect him; in fact, he found it rather interesting.
He was watching an inspirational program that started at eight o'clock, a time when the vast majority of the Federation's people had just finished eating and were sitting on the couch with junk food, ready to pass the time.
This is the so-called "golden time," when TV stations schedule their blockbuster programs to attract ratings between eight and ten o'clock.
Which production team has status, and which program hosts have influence, can be inferred from when their programs are aired.
