[durasell]

What’s on TV is what people watch. The folks who produce the shows and those who buy the commercial time that makes the shows possible are not in business to amuse themselves.

[sionnsar]

What’s on TV is what people who haven't already been driven away watch.

[an amused spectator]

Dumped our cable in May of this year, and remark once or twice every couple of weeks that we don't miss ANYTHING.

I believe that the reason the subject keeps coming up is that we can't believe that we were paying them all that jack monthly for naught.

[IronJack]

What’s on TV is what people watch.

Or do people watch what's on TV because that's all that's on? I believe it's a combination of the two: the shills in Hollow-wood air some pilot; it passes the initial sniff test, so they put some money behind it. Now that they're committed, they're going to push this crud down viewers' throats, trying to repeat the initial success. And even when viewership dwindles to embarrassing lows, the networks keep pushing programming that is offensive, derivative, repetitive, and downright boring, as long as it promotes their agenda.

The folks who produce the shows and those who buy the commercial time that makes the shows possible are not in business to amuse themselves.

They certainly aren't in business to amuse their viewers, not if the plummeting Nielsen ratings are any indication.