Arrested Development

My Opinion: One of the smartest and funniest shows that has ever been transmitted through wires and broadcast into our homes. And yet despite this, it was cancelled relatively quickly. Why is it that shows like Rock of Love, Flavor of Love, Herpes of love, and other giant pots of shit are being approved season after season?

It makes no sense to me, but it seems like the only answer is that the television watching public is losing intelligence at an astounding level. People don’t want to see artfully crafted wit and drama portrayed by trained actors anymore. They want to see some idiotic guy with a lot of muscles yell at a drunk chick who will later throw up in the hot tub.

I am not usually one of those people who believes that the end of the world is around the corner, but when I flip through some of the television channels and watch what the new role models are like, I start to get a little nervous. What kind of world will we be living in only a few years from now, when the generation of people who matured looking up to Paris Hilton and Flavor Flav are now our captains of industry and leaders of America’s infrastructure.

One day we will look back and weep for the day that good TV died, but unfortunately then it might already be too late.