This is not a new - I qualified as a referee back in the 70's. I lasted about three months because of the level of abuse. One of my last matches someone came onto the pitch with a vicious looking dog to confront one of the players. I found out subsequently that there had been previous history...
Sit coms v sketch based shows v quiz shows v anything else not covered in those categories is a chalk and cheese problem. Might have been better to split into categories.