SKS seems to have ignited reactions from several people. I have not seen any episode of it, but have read about it, and believe that it is a disgusting show.
However, I would not go ahead and suggest that one morally polices such shows - 'coz that would be equivalent to suppressing freedom of expression.
I believe that if one really wants to counter such shows, then one must first understand why shows are succeeding, and then one must counter the underlying 'idea' such shows are based on.
SKS is succeeding 'coz it corroborates many people's underlying sense of life - that human beings are inherently degraded or corruptible. These people have sensed that they belong to this category, and hence they find comfort in seeing that other people's linen is dirty too.
I believe in the fundamental goodness of human beings. Hence, I think that such shows can be countered only by showing people that human beings are not fundamentaly 'bad' - that they have the potential to indeed be 'heroes'.
Epics like Ramayana and Mahabaharata projected such an image of man as a 'hero'. However, those heroes were elevated to be Gods or Avatars, and hence beyond human reach. If humans like Rama and Krishna existed, then it was a grave error to not portray them as human heroes.
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