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They're not. We fans of scripted dramas are doing that to ourselves. We have no one to blame but ourselves. If there were more of us, and we watched commercials more, and bought more stuff because we watched commercials, then commercial television would pander to our needs more.

One of the things we Americans need to do, in general, is stop looking to others to assess blame for what we don't like, but rather start pointing the fingers at ourselves, at our actions, at our perspectives, at our choices -- far more often than we're willing to admit, that's where the fault really rests.