Obviously Neither 'american Idol' Nor 'dancing With

The Fault Is In Our Stars, Dear Brutus: Not The Glass Screen Through Which We See Them.

People Of A Certain Age Look Back On The Mayberry Of 'the Andy Griffith Show' And Become Almost As Homesick For That Simple Fictional Hamlet As They Do For Their Own Home Towns.

Perhaps Western Civilization Is In A Post-decline Phase, Or Maybe The Decline Is Just Taking A Really Long Time, Like The Roman Empire's Did. The Romans Had Gladiators And Christian-hungry Lions And That Sort Of Thing. We Have Mtv.

Jimmy Kimmel Still Comes Across Like A Guy Who Crashed A Party And Got Caught At It, Yet Adamantly Refuses To Leave.

Like Sugar And, Oh - Let's Say The Most Tabloidy And Gossipy Reality Television Programs - Credit Is, For Millions, Genuinely Addictive.