Some Things to remember...
Some basic facts...
1. TV is not here to "entertain" nor "educate" it was invented to SELL STUFF. If you get anything out of it other than what toothpaste to try, you're ahead of the game.
2. TV is bread and circus for the MASSES, and as such will seek the lowest level as quickly and as cheaply as possible. In the 50's it was Professional Wrasslin, now it's "Reality" TV. Same as it ever was.
3. TV was/is the largest un-monitored and unregulated "social experiment" in the history of mankind. Parents plopped their kids down in front of it and allowed their children to suckle on this glass teet un supervised for 5 decades now. Who know's where it'll eventually lead.
4. If you search hard enough or pay enough you sometimes find good TV to watch. The Sopranos, HIll Street Blues, The Wire, Mad Men, The World at War, etc... every once in a while you get a diamond, almost by accident.
5. It does have an on and off switch.
Worf
PS the reality shows on VH1 and MTV are THE WORST things I've ever seen. Women and men debasing themselves HAPPILY for money. If I had a daughter and saw her on one of these shows basically being a video prostitute, I'd consider sticking my head or hers in an oven.