7. Intelligent Programming
What I hate about television today is the domination of stupid programming. You can barely change the channel without finding some more inane drivel like The Only Way is Essex or another of its subsequent mind and soul crushing rubbish such as Geordie Shore. Reality television is the worst thing to happen to the entertainment world, if Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian were to spawn a love child by using Facebook as an aphrodisiac, it would still be less of a plight on the world as Reality TV. This is why The West Wing is so sorely missed; here was a programme that didn't automatically assume you were an utter moron. Characters merrily talked about the economy, world issues and threw around government department acronyms as if someone had dropped all the scrabble tiles on the floor. Yes we have Mad Men and House (for now), but these are outnumbered so vastly by the utter garbage that stains our screens. How I miss President Bartlets random sentences in Latin. At the moment, Id settle for programmes that have characters that can speak English and aren't constantly making up words and talking about vajazzles. It doesn't look likely that the U.S will be changing their constitution to allow President Bartlet another term in the White House, so lets just hope that The Newsroom can fill the void that The West Wing left so many years ago.