And eating a box of donuts every day is a great way to lose weight

[sue_denimme]

Person on Google+, bemoaning the increase in gay/lesbian characters in the media: Don't you see it? They are broadcasting it because of ratings and money, they don't care about their audience.

Um... wouldn't not caring about their audience be rather counterproductive to getting ratings and money?

Comments

[caerfrli]

well, if you ate nothing but a box of donuts every day you might lose weight but the malnutrition would probably get you first.

[qafaddiction]

Those pesky ratings really get in the way of pleasing the audience. O_o

[silver_apples]

They don't care about their viewers' souls. TV shows should only be morally uplifting.

Either that, or the OP thinks "audience" means "me".

[marveen]

I kinda figured that the intent was to say that the TV people don't care about the type of audience they have, they just want viewers.

Which is undoubtedly true.

[sue_denimme]

Something like that. I was pointing out the ridiculous contradiction in the Google+ person's statement.

[sue_denimme]

You're adorable.

Leaving aside the "souls" thing:

1. On what planet is TV supposed to be "morally uplifting"? I thought it was supposed to be entertaining and maybe informative, in theory, anyway. And, from the creators' POV (and I don't mean "God"), lucrative.

2. Do tell, how is making shows featuring *all* kinds of people in a variety of roles not "morally uplifting"?

3. If TV was made for me, trust me, there would be no "reality" shows, and David Tennant would be in *everything*. :-)

[auntiegrizelda]

People like this person on Google+ really bug me. If you don't like something on TV, why the hell are they watching it? Or is just changing the channel or turning the TV off and walking away just that hard?

[da_nee]

Well... I think you can like something on TV, but still find a lot about it problematic. I'm thinking about me and Doctor Who, for example. Love the show, but I'm finding Moffat's way of writing women very bad and I'm starting to get really disappointed in the show.

I'll also talk about shows like Two and a Half Men and Glee although I stopped watching them.
You should be allowed to criticise what's on TV and how it influences the overall media without being told "lol well just don't watch it then?"

BUT the Google+ user didn't seem to be properly criticising rather than whining about how underrepresented characters become more and more represented, so my point isn't exactly valid for their case. ;)

[nympholept]

Never forget: There is no such thing as bad publicity.

The only reason I know that something called "honey boo boo" exists is because of people bitching about it.

Yes, people are allowed to criticise it, but every time they do, they give it free publicity.