Art is the highest form of culture. The Egyptian civilisation revolutionised epic architecture into an art form, the Hittites re-shaped the way society is formed. America from 1776 revolutionised idealism through rhetoric, and Europe provided the spark of the Enlightenment. We have used these huge shifts as markers towards a higher understanding of the world around us. In recent history, things have changed with an exponential cultural big bang that we are now unable to even quantify, let alone quash. No longer are the world's brightest scientists and thinkers lauded and held in god-like acclaim, they now hide in the dark recesses of the internet, toiling in the soil of commercial neglect. Today, the worlds eye is drawn solely to the Colosseum, not to the laboratory. Our interactions are now completely dictated by the nature of celebrity, we worship these idols on the altar of television. The word 'celebrity' originates from its Latin form meaning 'a condition of fame', and in the past names like Tesla, Darwin and Mozart would all adorn the lips of posterity. However, it's not an homogenisation of an idealised past. There was the sordid and debauched sensationalism that has provided the balance throughout history, it is certainly a vital part of social evolution. Yet, it's getting worse. Today, it's Lady (gone) Ga-Ga dressed in a bin bag, or a spoiled child that one really wishes would contract a horrific strain of his own 'bieber-fever', or even now, Miley Virus getting her cameltoe out, almost exploding 'Twitter' with outrage. However, go out on a Saturday night in a major city, and it's like a Persian caravan, cameltoe's are everywhere. There is a fine line between eccentricity and madness, and the modern notions of celebrity simply moonwalks all over it. What is the cause of this disease which has infected our daily lives? That has corrupted our moral senses and made us whimpering slaves to the machinations of someone who just sits behind a desk, worships at the altar of the demographic and engages in those parties where you put your car keys in a bowl. The answer is television. The premise of television is simple and almost elegant. It is to entertain, to inform, and to enrich. Bawdy entertainment is not a new phenomenon, there would be bear baiting as an opening act for a Shakespearean epic, or the whipping of slaves in Ancient Greece would provide the warm up for speeches that would change the western world. Like the Freak Show phenomenon of travelling circuses, television is now the cloak we use to stare at the flaws and heart breaking idiosyncrasies our species can hold. So below is a list of 4 shows that ultimately prove that humanity is up the proverbial creek without a TV remote. There are hundreds of these shows doing the rounds at the moment, but I have chosen the four horsemen of the apocalypse that are the televisual harbingers of our collective dooms.