Kyle, Chuck, some ghost, a dose of reality, and cops

I really don't understand the way tv executives pick what shows stay and which are cancelled. I understand that ratings have something to do with it but there are times that ratings don't matter. I'm not attempting to include reality shows in this discussion. This is about television shows with scripts and actors playing comedic/dramatic parts. I do think there is something mentally wrong with some people in the industry. That is the only way that I can except that Medium, Kyle XY, NCIS, the CSIs, Las Vegas, Ghost Whisperer, Chuck, etc are on our tv sets, and The Riches and Surface are not. I just don't understand it. There are some shows in the first category that I think are unique but for the most part, they are badly written/acted/directed (take your pick). Medium and Ghost Whisperer are unique but they are just lamely made with bad story lines. Las Vegas is only on because of all of the beautiful women on the show. NCIS and the CSIs are law shows, so they are usually very predictable and the new thing is forensics (nothing like seeing more blood and gore). And please don't get me started on Kyle XY or Chuck. These are absolutely the most ignorant and both are horribly made. None of those shows stand out to me in any good way.
Now The Riches and Surface are different. There was something different with them.

• The Riches blurred the lines between what is seen as right and wrong, but not in a bad way. The show was about a family that had lived a different life from the normal but was trying to become a normal family. It was, to me, a very compelling story and with great characters. Their flaws were shown in a upfront way so it was always part of the story line. The family takes the IDs of a couple that was killed in a car accident (no one knows they were killed and the family covers it up so that no one will ever know anything happened to them) and this couple was in the process of moving to a different part of the country into a very upscale neighborhood in Florida where no one knows them.

The father was a con man and leader of a family of Travelers. His wife is a con artist and thief, who has just gotten out of prison and was addicted to drugs (she started using in prison). The oldest son and the daughter are accomplished thieves and con artists trying to adapt to a private high school. The youngest son is very good at playing just about any part in the families cons (playing a little girl or little boy) but likes to wear girls clothes (which makes things really complicated in a very their new very conservative neighborhood). The whole series was well made, well written, and had a great cast. It was completely crazy to cancel it but shit happens.

• Surface was a very good science fiction series. It was mainly about creatures that lived deep in the ocean that no one had ever seen till now. It was sometimes hard to keep up with everything because it wasn't based on a single location but all over the U.S. But the story was very interesting and the characters were great. It wasn't over the top scify and it had alot of different subplots that always kept it interesting. I don't know if it would have kept on being interesting after the first year but as it stands right now, we will never know because it was cancelled even though it had a good rating (go figure).

It just makes me wonder who is in charge of these networks. Instead of keeping these 2 very good shows, they give us shows like Kyle XY, Chuck, or they give us another cop show to go with the hundred we have on tv already. I'm just lost on all of this. Now you know why I don't watch tv that much. Anything that has any intelligence with quality production and coherent story lines is thrown out to make room for something cheap, cheesy, and made for dimwits. Instead of a well thought out series, we get another cop-u-drama, medical series, or even better maybe another reality show. A new reality show is just what we need. Maybe it could be about who can yell, cry, scream, pout, argue and/or whine the best while doing some ignorant tasks or maybe a reality show about who can squeeze out the largest turd while Yoko Ono or Björk sing live in the bathroom with the contestant. There is always enough C class celebs hanging around L.A. for judges. Wow, that last one would probably be one of the better reality shows on the air. But having to listen to Yoko Ono or Björk in person would cause my bodily functions to stop completely. I probably wouldn't be able to squeeze out a molecule thru my sphincter with that noise going on. LOL