These days I watch less TV than I used to. Though I still watch too much. But I've concluded that one of the reasons I watch less TV is because TV simply isn't as good as it used to be.

Nielsen Media Research and the networks are screaming at each other over Nielsen's contention that young men are suddenly not watching TV. The networks blame the numbers. Nielsen blames the programming (and the rise in the popularity of video games and the Internet, among other things). I'm with Nielsen.