I think when people talk about fiction being too "political" nowadays, they usually mean one of three things:

1. "I hate minorities."
2. "I am only now savvy enough to notice the political undertones that have been a defining characteristic of the genre for a century or more."
3. "The writing sucks."

Personally, I can get behind #3 because boy howdy there's some bad writing out there.

And I'll admit I occasionally fall prey to #2. Some things I watch today feel too "on the nose" in regard to current events, and sometimes it's hard to tell if it's truly worse writing than my old favorites or if I was just too ignorant, naïve, or credulous to pick up on it when I was younger. It's also sometimes hard to tell when re-watching old stuff because I don't feel the zeitgeist of 30 years ago in my bones the same way I do today's (naturally).

For example, I can watch an episode of Futurama that's literally about the world being nearly destroyed by a giant ball of 20th-century garbage, and somehow it doesn't feel overtly topical, while the new episodes about bitcoin and AI feel more like a sermon than a sitcom. Maybe the writing is worse, or maybe I'm just old now. Who's to say?