Maybe "the thrill is gone" because so many of these self congratulatory stars have decided to take up politics pushing as a second career and have exposed themselves to their fans as the shallow idiots they really are.
Tonight I am watching the Westminster Kennel Club. The dogs are well-goomed, happy, and do not give obnoxious speeches. Great TV!
Definitely that's part of it. Living and fighting and dying in Iraq is more real to me than any Hollywood stuff .... which rarely entertains me anymore. Anyhow I know 95% of the plot turns and twists by now.