With futurama specifically i honestly think executives are getting too involved you can almost here the conversation they had to the writers. “We want it to be like that one really successfull episode in the 3rd season do that.” Or if they try to make a statement you can see where the execs asked them to tone it down. (Though futurama can be pretty hit and miss there to. Their lgbtqia+ stuff can raise eyebrows). Futurama is a perfect example of what happens when execs become to imvolved everytime the writers have had freedom its excelled. Sorry this has been bouncing around in my brain for a while and some reason i decided to get it out here.