Japanese Television

I was watching tv and I finally came to the conclusion that I don't care for Japanese television programs at all. I have been in Japan for nearly 2 1/2 years and I found that the more and more I understand Japanese, the less and less I like Japanese television.

The majority of Japanese tv is composed of mindless talk shows, which involve Japanese "tarento", although I'm not sure why they are reffered to as telents, trying to see how much food they can stuff in their mouths or some fat guy walking around in his underwear. Furthermore, all of these shows take place on sickeningly colorful and flowerly sets which, in my opinion, are to detract the viewer from poor quality of the tv program, itself.

Although I suppose Japan deserves some credit: these shows cost no money to make and every single person in Japan watches them.

The only Japanese "tarento" I have respect for is Hard Gay, and even he knew when to draw the curtain and not beat a dead horse into the ground.