The nation couldn’t be any poorer in any spirit with the loss of one tv show. Talent? That’s subjective here. In my opinion there hasn’t been talent on tv since “The Carol Burnett Show’’ and “Barney Miller’’. Want to clean this mess up? Require drug-testing for everyone, and I mean everyone involved in tv production with the stars first on the list.
On this level I completely agree with you. But as a capitalist, selling what the customers want in the marketplace, as long as Charlie has his name on contracts that other people count on I judge him responsible for carry out his part of the contract and those people have a right to care whether he does or even can or cannot carry out his duties. That is what I was talking about in answer to your question.