Death of Television

Is anybody else really feeling the effects of the writers being on strike like I am? By effects I mean being network television being inundated with more and more ridiculous reality television replacements for other shows? Even American Gladiators has been brought back! What gives? When will all of this end? I've been forced to get off the couch and live, doing things like making lists that might improve myself, rather than be entertained by television. It's tough...

On another TV note, what's with the bringing back of old TV shows? The Bionic Woman, now Knight Rider, the Terminator television series, and many others as well as others made into movies and vice versa. Have all the good ideas already been written and no one can come up with comparable new storylines? It's seeming a little tired to constantly keep going back and digging up old shows to remake. What's next? Sanford and Son, the 21st Century? Airwolf? Is a car that can digitally talk to you or drive really that interesting of a concept anymore? Aren't there enough interesting things going on in the world that new premises for shows could be made out of those? Considering this makes me almost miss the writers a little less, but I'm ever thankful for shows like The Office, The Simpsons, and Flight of the Conchords...