People often find themselves sitting in front of the television screen for a longer period of time than ever before and that's because television has evolved tremendously in recent years. Society is so dependent on television that it has become a problem. Today's generation has grown up in a technologically advanced world and there has been clear controversy over many of these innovations brought by this new culture. An innovation that has affected America's youth for many years is television. Television is also connected to the popular culture that today's society lives and breathes. Popular culture is everything that people see, read, hear, or watch. As popular culture evolves, television programs change as well. Television is one of the most important sources of information. It plays such a significant role in people's daily lives that it is almost impossible to imagine how people would live if there were no television. The article "Why We Love TV Antiheroes" by Stephen Garrett talks about how society has transitioned from classic heroes to antihero TV shows. Over the decades, antiheroes have become increasingly popular with Americans because they relate to real social life. Television has evolved over the century through moral judgment, complex society, reflection of popular culture, emotional appeal and has had a great influence on adolescents. TV shows contain a lot of moral judgments. Television is the main source of news and current events around the world. It is indefinably the most popular media in today's society. By watching television, people are kept updated about various events and affairs happening around the world. It provides the viewer with broadcasts of...... middle of paper...... London: IB Tauris, 2010. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Network. March 21, 2014.Lăzărescu, Mihaela Păişi. "Considerations on the impact of television and the Internet on the behavior of children and adolescents". Oil - Gas Bulletin of the University of Ploiesti, Educational Sciences Series 62.1A (2010): 96-101. Academic research completed. Network. March 21, 2014.Levinson, Paul, Douglas L. Howard, and David Lavery. The essential Sopranos reader. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2011. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Network. March 21, 2014.Gorton, Kristyn. Media audiences: Television, meaning, and emotion. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Network. April 1, 2014. DONNELLY, ASHLEY M. “The New American Hero: Dexter, Serial Killer for the Masses.” Journal of Popular Culture 45.1 (2012): 15-26. Academic research completed. Network. April 1. 2014.