media is also helps create a market for people like Kim K, Paris Hilton, Snooki, etc. If the media gave them little attention then so would TV shows. Studios are all about money/advertising and thus will continue down a path of shows they make little sense to an older generation that grew up in...
Kardashian, who? Hilton, who? The only tv that i watch anymore is my dvd collection. I do have few new shows that i like, but they are few and far between. I only watch about 2 maybe 3 hrs a night and i rather watch the classics.
i think its tough pinning down a decade for tv as it will depend on each of us. I will say this that TV had some classic shows, since 1950 through to 1990s. The reality TV changed people's view of tv by trying to bring real life issues/stories to tv in front of us. I am not a big fan of reality...