Good points, Orchid. I completely agree with you about Friends. I watched Seinfeld in reruns and thought it was funny, until the Kramer actor's public racist rant. And Latino stereotypes are everywhere -- even the dog on Ren and Stimpy is a negative stereotype of a Latino.

Shows are put on the air for the benefit of advertisers, first and foremost. Ratings are a corrupt system tha's used to identify which specific audiences are viewing and then to set rates for advertisers. Viewers -- i.e., the public that's supposed to be served -- are a commodity that's being traded by the businesses involved in TV production. The more people are aware of how this system works, the more we can start to take back the airwaves.