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When the episode ends with a moral a la Aesop's Fables. Either the last line of the episode summarizes the whole point of the episode or it leaves the viewer with the issue that the writers want them to ponder. Fifties sitcoms often end on the "Gee, I learned my lesson," type of moral, while ''LawAndOrder'' leaves you with the issue to ponder.
In the United States, AnAesop is a Federally mandated part of every television show intended for children.
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A more modern example is ''FullHouse''. Every episode ended with a sappy musical score while Bob Saget explained the moral of the story to one of the girls.
Most of the episodes of ''TheTwilightZone'' and ''TheOuterLimits'' were morals about human hubris.
Parodied in the "I've learned something today" speeches that close episodes of ''SouthPark''. Also parodied previous to that in ''{{Animaniacs}}'' where shows would end with the "Wheel of Morality / turn turn turn / tell us the lesson /that we must learn" rhyme, followed by a complete non sequitur of a moral.
Vehemently rejected in ''{{Seinfeld}}'' where the credo was "No hugging! No Lessons! No Point!"
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