[Por_sha911]

American broadcast television reached sub-intellectual levels many years ago. It is designed to entice the simpleminded to watch long enough to be told that unless you own X brand of car, use Y brand of smart phone, and chew Z brand of new gum; you are not macho, sexy, or cool.

-"News" is now entertainment and either has to be shocking or "human interest".
-Reality TV (and other assorted "contest" format shows) has no reality and is a bunch of drivel bordering on soap operas.
-Father Knows Best has been replaced with My Name is Earl
-Try to watch a wholesome program or sports event and see the commercials of the latest coming rounds of debauchery, bloodshed, and satanic aberrations.
-Princess Diane's death makes headlines and the world mourns the loss of a great person while on the same day, oh by the way, Mother Teresa died.
Frankly, the only thing we're missing is full frontal nudity (as in Europe) to finish filling the cesspool.

So why are you shocked that NBC is catering to people:
-with a 75% debt ratio but own a sports car and a big home and they need to take a pill just to sleep at night?
-have an $80k 4 year degree but don't have enough sense to come in out of the rain while they protest on Wall Street because its not fair that they have to pay back their debt?
-men who need to punch someone out every Friday night (or threaten to do so in PPOT) to prove how manly they are?
-women who complain that the govt should pay for the 5 kids they have after they don't have enough sense to close their legs?

The sad fact is that NBC broadcasts what the average American wants. If America is offended then we need to start by looking in the mirror. Now if you don't mind, I need to go see if my Obamabucks arrived in the mail yet.