Newton Minow was right. Television was a vast wasteland in 1961, and it still is today.
Television wasn’t always such a waste. I can’t believe what actually passes for entertainment these days. The only reality show I can bear to watch is The Biggest Loser. I don’t watch any of stuff. I avoid “award” shows altoghter. I haven’t watched the Oscars in 15 yrs.
He was wrong in 1961, there were good shows on then. Howdy Doody was one of them, too, as I recently discovered after picking up a DVD with several episodes, Buffalo Bob telling kids to ask their parents to take them out to Sunday School.