Look at the History Channel. When it first came on, I thought I'd get to see all sorts of marvelous programs about uh history. But only a tiny percentage of the History Channel programming is actually devoted to history. I love Pawn Stars ( a lot of historical objects are displayed and talked about), but they devote many hours to that program and others that have only a slight relation to history. Some not at all.
Here's my major gripe: the morons destroy good programming. That why you get huge ratings for shows like Honey Boo Boo on TLC which you could not make me watch at gunpoint. Good programming gets destroyed by the preferences of the rabble. A small percentage of what the rabble wants is good, most of it is awful.