It all comes down to a numbers game.

Once upon a time you'd have to a majority of viewers whatching your show to have a hit. Nowadays, with the number of shows out there, you can have a hit show with (and I'm not positive on the numbers) something like 1 to 2%. Maybe even less.

So if you figure there has always been sickos out there who would be into this kind of stuff, the only difference is now they're a targeted audience. The percentage of sickos hasn't necessarily changed (hopefully) so it doesn't have to reflect that badly on the state of society in general.

At least it makes me feel better to think of it that way .