Chapter 5

With the invention of the television there was a whole other world that people have never been exposed to, the ability to have a working television right in their house was something totally strange and exciting. Along with the creation of the television came experiences that people had never been able to have before. To sit at home and watch TV was something that was totally uncharted to them. Now it seems to be more of a necessity rather than a luxury. What TV was to them flying cars would be to us. It is amazing to see the way television has grown leaps and bounds over the decades. These days it is rare to find a household that has only one television. We have become addicted this media that has been placed in front of us.

With the scandal that was caused by the quiz-shows people, some for the first time, realized that television was not true and just. This caused an uproar of controversy. People believed that what they were seeing on television, more than any other medium. This caused Americans, and networks to question the kind of shows that are on television. People lost trust in what they were seeing.    

In 2005 for the first time in history sitcoms were not rated in the Top 10. Now why is this, some one my ask. One explanation could be that we have just our grown it. Maybe we have been seeing the same thing over and over again and we have just gotten tired of it, we need a change. Another way of looking at it is that maybe our society has changed and therefore the shows need to go along with it. It is no longer the days of housewives (unless they are of the desperate nature). So maybe the times are a changin' and so does our television. I personally think that it is the latter. I think that our society has become a money, fame, materialistic frenzy. Our priorities have changed and with that we are not interested in the same things that we have been in the past.