Two steps forward three steps back....

Remember back in the late 70's and 80's when TV was nothing but T&A? Then all kinds of folks complained and really what folks wante was a good story and great writing. A little flash of sexy was okay but when it drives the show it gets boring quick. I'm getting the impression that we are back sliding lately. USA has several shows (as does FX) where the main characters are really strong Women. Somehow though, a couple of them feel that for a Woman to be a strong character they have to focus 90% of their attention on her sex life. Why? On Law and Order Mariska Hargety plays a very strong female character, but the show rarely delves into the character's personal life outside the station.....it really doesn't need to as that's not what the show's about. On USA there are two shows: Saving Grace and a new one called In Plain Sight. Saving Grace had an interesting premise: Holly Hunter plays a mess of a cop in Oklahoma who gets visited by a tobacco chewing Angel. Sounds good huh? It's not. I watched three episodes of it and all I remember was Holly Hunter continuing to ruin her Partner's marriage by sleeping with him constantly and drinking and screwing herself silly. Apparently there were crimes to be solved each episode, but I couldn't tell you what they were. It's like the whole purpose of the show is to show borderline soft core sex and nudity.........I get doing it once or twice...but it seemed like every episode. Whatever. Now this new one called In Plain Sight is about a US Marshall named Mary. From the previews, it looks like it's going to focus on Mary naked and screwing everything that moves. Wow.......I personally think this is doing these ladies a great disservice. Honestly, just concentrate on the action and "cop" part of the show and they will last as long as Law and Order. I mean in the FX show Damages they concentrated on the characters and the underlying mystery plus the case they were working on. There were a few love scenes, but it wasn't like the soft core Porn of Saving Grace. Heck they didn't even focus on it much. I mean they stopped doing this crap with Cop shows with strong Male characters, why do they feel the need to do it with Female characters???