Golden decline of TV

For those of you who remember how TV used to be, you will appreciate this. You've seen TV go from quality entertainment and news programs like Howdy Doody and the Ed Sullivan show to the Honeymooners, The Twilight Zone and Rawhide. Eventually shows like Get Smart, The Avengers, The Benny Hill show, The Dick Van Dyke show, Carrol Burnett show, Love American Style and Hawaii Five-O. Then came Alice, Fantasy Island, Charlie's Angels, MASH, The Muppet Show and Taxi. The 80's brought The A-Team, Charles in Charge, Cheers, Doogie Howser, Married with Children, Magnum P.I. and The Simpsons. The 90's showed Beverly Hills 90210, King of the Hill, Futurama, That 70's show and Jerry Springer. Now we have Divorce Court, Cheaters, TONS of reality shows, Kids cartoons with characters that burp and fart and do everything but actually swear. We have commercials that do have swearing bleeped out for shock value.
I work(soon to be past tense -thank God) for a company (FOX) that owns the largest Christian book publishing company(Zondervan) while at the same time showing 6 channels of 24/7 pornography on Directv. Conflict of interests maybe? Or does the almighty quest for the dollar take importance over everything? I am not at all sad to be leaving an industry like this. It has the potential to do so much good but look what it primarily caters to and shows. To quote a great singer Chris Rhea

"I come home from work
I see my little girl, Shes crying on the floor
Shes been watching that tv.
This aint late no, this aint even dinner time. To show them things on that screen
Whats wrong with you?You must be evil
Oh I know why you do it, Youre just looking for sensation
You got a hold of something You tell us that its news
You dont have to show that stuff. Cant you show us some respect
You can tell us we dont need to see it.We dont need those cheap effects
You must be evil
Sometimes you even slow it down.Youre giving out some bad ideas hereI cant believe that you dont realize.
You must be evil

I want my contribution to the workforce to be for the betterment of the world, not the corrupting of it. OK that is my soapbox for today. Sorry but I had to vent this. Happier posts to come. . .