I think this article was so bad (despite, as BBoy said, a decent writer could have actually done something funny) I think I'll just reply in point form:

-Worst, most faulty writing style ever- not even the most Tabloid writers, nor even the World-Socialist-Website authors can even touch this one. No quotes necessary it's the WHOLE article.

-Taking some sitcom or drama SO seriously to try to paint an ideal family (implying in real life)?

In short, TV is changing due to competition from the internet by simultaneously aiming higher with more intelligent or refined TV shows for more refined or abstract audience markets than previously detectable by yesteryear's marketers in order to keep people interested in television, or in other cases massively dumbing down to capitalise on the audiences too stupid to use a browser.

Because most people aren't forced to sit and watch the garbage of yesteryear if they had no other hobbies to do at home, TV now simply gives something for more particular tastes, to choose as they will.