Complex sentence: Some sources indicate CBS put the show on its Fall 1972 schedule in response to congressional hearings on the quality of television; backlash from a 1971 decision to purge most rural-oriented shows from the network lineup may have also been a factor.
Split into simpler sentences: Some sources indicate CBS put the show on its Fall 1972 schedule in response to congressional hearings on the quality of television. Backlash from a 1971 decision to purge most rural-oriented shows from the network lineup may have also been a factor.