I totally understand the “rubber-necking” concept. I get that the woes of others are a sick, twisted, but totally appealing form of entertainment.

What I fail to understand is this plague of shows that make the human race look like…dare I say it…baboons.

What are these shows?

It’s not hard to spot them, or hear about them.

There is a plethora of trash television; Teen Mom,16 and Pregnant, and of course we can’t forget Jersey Shore.

I don’t think there can be a show more debasing than Jersey Shore.

From what I understand, it resembles a train wreck- you just can’t look away.

But seriously, America?

What has this nation come to?

Teenagers and young adults are glued to their television screens, unable to take their eyes away from the disgusting amounts of alcohol consumed by overprivileged numskulls on the eat coast.

Partying, tanning and drama are the pieces that hold the entire show together.

There is nothing intellectual about Jersey Shore. The characters are bad influences, awful role models and a shameful piece of society.

What ever happened to keen interest in educational programming?

The History Channel has drama, confusion, mystery, love and all the fixings.

But nobody seems to be scheduling their day around watching documentaries on the lives of influential people.

Instead young people insist on making it home to see the newest episode of drunken embarrassment on MTV.

Entertainment media feeds off of the stupidity and ridiculous lives and ideas of these horrendous people.

On Monday, one of the top news stories popping up in Google search results read, “Snooki and JWoww ‘won’t give up on Jersey’ after they are banned from filming spin-off series”

Stupid nicknames, orange skin, and glowing white teeth make the headlines weekly.

Why is it that people who seemingly have nothing positive to contribute to the world are able to influence millions of young people?

“Snooki” and “JWoww” make vulnerable teenage girls believe that it is okay to dress like a whored-out Barbie doll.

Needless to say, the whored-out Barbie doll look isn’t all that is influencing young adults these days.

The hit reality shows Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant are glamorizing being a young mother, or parent in general.

Sure, the shows do address the struggles teenage parents go through, but the shows also subliminally tell kids that being pregnant while so young is totally okay and natural.

Not only is it okay and natural, but you could be a TV star too!

What child doesn’t dream of fame and stardom? The girls on these shows did nothing commendable (except for keeping their children), yet they become celebrities almost over night.

They have their children and whenever they don’t feel “up to it” they just drop their baby off at their mother’s house and go be a teenager again.

Unfortunately, instead of the shows dealing with and addressing the struggles, the heartbreak, the sleepless nights and the extreme emotional distress, they concentrate on the drama of the everyday life of a teenager…. Apparently these teenagers make such a better show because they are pregnant.

What a shame.

It’s a shame what modern television has come to.

Americans are glued to their televisions watching brain-rotting shows.

These programs require no imagination, no sense of thought, no demand for intellect.

They dumb down society, especially the younger generations.

Where is the imagination? What happened to music on MTV instead of the reality meltdown bullcrap?

At least when MTV played music the network provided a positive service to society. Now it’s just brain-rotting toxic garbage.

A wild imagination is the sign of a healthy and open mind. These shows are just closing off young imaginations, disallowing the mind to be active and able.

Ears, eyes and minds are being filled to the brim with disgraceful train-wreck ideas of lives filled with drugs, alcohol and fame.

I think it’s time that television, along with parents and intelligent young minds, to get back to imagination and get back to quality entertainment!