Do you remeber when TV used to finish about mid-night? They had to put good stuff on as they had to fight for the audience over a shorter time. Now TV is 24 hours and they can fill it with crud interspersed with the odd good bit as teh audience is also 24 hours.
Perhaps society is dumbing down too. Just look at the obsession with “celebrity” and a good 90+% aren’t even close. We have wall to wall reality shows and clones of any slightly good idea.
I’ve not seen the schedule for Christmas ’05 and the trailers I’ve seen don’t make me feel like watching anyway. I’ll be playing with the kids instead I think thank you.