America Says, "Just Fucking Put Some Vampires In It"

It's probably been official for awhile, but now it is extra official: America will gobble up any all kind of bullshit as long as you just put some vampires in it. We know this! But now we really know this! From Vulture:

Roughly 3.7 million people tuned into the season-two premiere of True Blood on Sunday night, making it the most-watched program on the network since the series finale of The Sopranos back in June 2007.

Ugh. At least the Twilight machine is powered largely by teenagers. These are adults watching this show! And here's the thing: this was the SEASON 2 premiere episode. We, as a nation, already had 12 really solid reasons not to watch this show. I could understand if America's insatiable thirst (get it? Pultizer Prizes) for vampire shows resulted in overwhelming ratings for the first episode of True Blood season 1. Sure. Tune in! Check it out! Whoops, it's terrible! See you later! But this? This is is just dismal. A genuinely awful episode of an already terrible show got higher ratings than season 5 of The Wire and the first season of Eastbound and Down? It got better ratings than Will Ferrell's Broadway special You're Welcome, America: An Evening with George W. Bush and two full seasons of Flight of Conchords? You shame me/us, America.

"It's terrible."
"Well does it have vampires in it?"
"I guess."
"THEN PUT IT IN MY EYES."

America ain't care. Bleh.

(Thanks for the tip, Max.)