When John Logie Baird and Philo Farnsworth invented television, they probably thought they were bequeathing to the world a noble enterprise that would inform and entertain in equal measure. The BBC’s policy was exactly that – to inform and entertain – so much so that it was written down in their founding documents.
They didn’t account for Jersey Shore and its many derivatives, or Big Brother. Or Naked Jungle. But here we are reader. We’ve drunk the magic potion. We’ve gone through the looking glass. And we’re tripping badly on a diet of terrible television that has no point, no rhyme or reason, and does nothing but make us feel bloated and sick. Yes, dumb tv shows are more bad for you than a fast food binge.