Reality TV is Taking Over the World!!!!!

So not that I didn't already notice, but I just came to a great realization that there is just an incredibly large amount of shows out there nowadays that are supposedly about "real life" anymore. This is just ridiculous. I mean the number of reality shows on TV has almost reached the level of vampire craze (in the sense that it is consuming our screens and becoming an unhealthy obsession). I for one am not the biggest fan of this because so many of them are just outright stupid and pointless that I find myself jumping for the remote so I don't have to endure watching it. I will admit however that I do have my reality show guilty pleasures, some of which I feel are worthwhile (So You Think You Can Dance, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) while others, maybe not so much (Parental Control).
I find it important that actual shows are more supported than a lot of this new garbage because at least they're not trying to be something they are not. They are shows that are meant to have scripts and are well aware that they are fictional, as do we as the audience. We've had to come to realize that so much of the "reality TV" is also in fact scripted, so when it tries to come off as though it isn't, it's just kind of annoying.
Anyway, the point is that I would like to see less of so many of these ridiculous shows on my television screen so I can enjoy some old-fashioned, scripted TV shows about some real fictional characters. Is that too much to ask?:)
-Courtney