I don't know about that -- I don't watch much TV myself! But the thing that totally boggled me when I encountered it when visiting the US was the attitude that all male-female interaction was in terms of dating -- even interaction between eight-year-olds! What happened was that an eight-year-old boy doing something with an eight-year-old female friend was referred to as "a date", seemingly seriously. I just find that incredible. And not particularly healthy. Perhaps it was an isolated incident, but it sure stuck in my mind.