It’s rather strange to remark on the TV in a country you’re visiting as to be perfectly frank, you often prefer to read about the wonderful buildings, the food or the amount of sh*t being peddled to you as souvenirs. Let’s not even forget the countless opportunities for photos so grating, they cause your gums to bleed.

But given that America exports so much television round the world, much of it very well admired for having better budgets, staff, stars….basically doing things that the BBC can only dream of. OK, America’s got Talent, we don’t want any more off for the love of various gods and you can keep Piers Morgan. Seriously, no backsies. It pays to take a look at it to see what the public in the US are subjected to on a daily basis.

And it does make for some disturbing viewing.

When waking up to the morning television, you have a choice it seems between NBC’s the Today Show and ABC’s Good Morning America, in which both shows go out of there way to cover stories of the most inane manner, designed to make your brain melt. Enter Charlie Sheen.

Yes, it was going to happen at some point that we remark further on this broken human being. We can’t even take him back for a refund, he’s beyond the coverage of the warranty. The phrase “Winning, Duh” became a catchphrase overnight, to the point that the next person to say it as a joke, would be strangled with tin foil. It was an obsession, as every network all bent over backwards to say they had the exclusive interview with the actor who basically p*ssed on his doorstep and then went on a bender the likes of which we’ve not seen since 10 minutes ago. Read the rest of this entry »