ABC's Flash Forward

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Originally Posted by Eleven

That may be true, but it doesn't mean that the rest of us should be forced to watch the lowest common denominator crap like America Idol and DWTS.

I can't stand any of the reality shows, never have going back to that first year of "reality" crap when Survivor and Who Wants to be a Millionaire were the hottest shows going. You're quite correct in that it is lowest common domininator swill designed to appeal primarily to the drooling masses that don't want to think for themselves and prefer to have everything spoon fed to them by mass media.

That said, I fail to see how you're being forced to watch any of the drivel being force fed to the drooling class. There's lots of insightful, intelligent and thought provoking programming if you want to find it. If you can't what's to stop you from turning off the TV altogether and going out to a play or art gallery or museum or any other activity that provides stimulation? I wouldn't have said FlashForward was a particularly thought provoking show. It was a cool concept that was entertaining in a conspiracy theory kind of way that, unfortunately, got bogged down and lost in it's on storyline hence it's loss of ratings.

For the most part, intelligent and thought provoking television is just not going to be found on the traditional big networks or (to a lesser degree) the premium cable networks that are now supplanting them. Those networks are orientated entirely towards entertainment as a vector for selling commercials..... dumb attracts viewership and viewership attracts advertising. BBC, National Geographic, some of Discovery, parts of CBC, etc.... they all produce top notch programming that requires thought and intelligence to get the most of out.