ED: I completely agree with you about popular American TV. I avoid it like the plague. All those so-called sitcoms and comedies (I use that word very loosely because most shows aren't in the least bit funny to an intelligent audience) are so inane and far from everyday reality that they're insulting. They broadcast to the world the message that all Americans are basically uncooth morons.

. . . not the message we necessarily want to be sending.