Therefore, they shell out the big bucks to the station that can achieve that goal for them. Thus, television stations are obligated to their shareholders to maximize their profits. They do not air violence because they want to. They air it because that is what sells. The blame is upon ourselves for the large volume of violence, since they are merely responding to what we want.
TV is a mirror.
It reflects the belligerence permeating throughout our society. Our society teems with random acts of violence. No, violence is a symptom of the more pungent disease of crumbling value systems. It emanates from a motion towards the emulation of the lower class. Ask anyone where they re from, and either they will answer with tremendous pride that they hail from Compton, Brooklyn, Queens, etc., or they will sheepishly answer in a covered voice that they are from Beverly Hills, Palos Verdes, Aspen, etc.