I don't have cable or an antenna, so I don't see the current shows or commercials. Once or twice a year, I'll be in a hotel somewhere and have nothing to do but watch TV, so I'll flip it on to see if I can find anything good (it's more an exercise in re-confirming my disdain). Recently, this was the case and I was appalled at the totality of the suck. Most of you—yes, you, the brainwashed, TV-watching morons—are not able to appreciate the downward plunge because you are the proverbial frogs being cooked alive in your own gradually boiling pot. Because you are constantly inundated by it (TV's, phones, iPads, etc.), you don't see just how awful it is. It would be dismissive to assume that the industry is unable to do better. The industry knows the shows suck—and they know that you want to watch them. Quality costs money. Why spend the money on quality when you're just as likely to watch reality crap. They were feeding you crack before, but now they know that you'll be just as satisfied with drain cleaner. Don't be so naive as to think that they are pocketing the profits. They are re-investing the profits in buying laws to ensure that things stay just as they are. They know that you don't possess the intelligence to comprehend that they are taking your freedom in order to keep you happy with the crap they are feeding you. They are selling your own fat asses back to you.