"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Think about that for a minute. What it says, essentially, is "television is not gaining viewers. At all." This related article is almost as awesome. It indicates the same thing about cable news networks, while also pointing out that Fox News viewers are the most "get off my lawn" of any of them. You can read between the lines on this - essentially, TV viewers are DYING OF OLD AGE. Religion is facing a similar problem. So is the Republican Party. Basically, the entrenched guardians of bullshit that have had a heapin' helpin' of butt-hurt ever since the Vietnam War are slowly but steadily going into That Good Night and the world is a better place for it. Gay marriage is acceptable to a majority of Americans for the simple reason that all the ancient crusty homophobes who were totally cool with calling people faggots and queers are dropping like flies. I'd wager we have a black president for the simple reason that most fans of segregated water fountains are finally fucking dead.
Perhaps the most important article on media I have ever read is this one. The fact to observe is that the median age of all viewers of every network increases one year, every year. - Theodore Parker