| I don't see myself an ethnocentric American, but isn't that what all TV is about? A medium to deliver advertisements, and if it wasn't addictive it wouldn't make much sense as a business model. If you take another look at Chinese television it is much the same, some may even argue that it is worse with the plethora of nightly "kung fu soap opera" serials which end with cliffhangers enticing you to tune in tomorrow for the resolution. Excessive advertising ran so rampant that the government had to step in and limit advertisements to 12 minutes per hour (9 in prime time), while this will help it shows that there has been a problem with TV ads in China. Either way I'm not a big fan of either Chinese or American TV shows (If anything, I prefer news, sports, and movie channels). |