What is up with the viewership of shows these days. From ER, to CSI almost everyone of the hightest rated showes are very graphically violent.
ER, Csi, Ncsi, Prison Break, Lost,24, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Greys Antonomy. Most of these are beating the ratings of the second highest rated comedy ( not counting Desperate Houswives).
All of these show death, and America seems obsessed. ER and Greys Anatomy shows people dieing, or on there death bed almost every mintue of the show. They are cutting people open, blood is everywhere. And in the last episode of ER one of their main patiences was a young girl who was raped many times as the docters pointed out.
While shows like lost, Csi, and Ncsi are probably the best of the showes i listed. Lost just has people being hunted down every episode, in the Csi's every episode deals with some elaborate death.
The worst two that i have seen is Law and order SVU or Prison break. Law and order Svu normally just dosent have a murder, but somehow it involves rape, or even wife beating. And in the last prision break episode i saw. (i dont know peoples names sry) The same people who set up his father(ithink), came into his house shot to innocent people that just came back from shopping and then set up the crime scene so it looked like the child did it. And at the end of the episode it appeared that the vice president was in on this.
Now im not trying to lecture you about what to watch or not. Im just making an observation on what america's viewing trends are.