Television's chased off the discerning / discriminating viewers.

I'm well beyond the "I haven't owned one" territory to "I haven't watched in years".

Because of cross-contamination of practices and techniques between commercial and public broadcasting, that includes public broadcasting.

I'll watch an occasional segment on YouTube (with adblocking), but even then, I prefer simply listening to audio (mpv / command-line).

The abuse isn't cost-free, and more attractive demographics will leave. This also means, of course, that the poor or mentally susceptible are left with a far-worse product and more predatory advertising as well.