Waste of Time or Waste of Mind?

It is a rare occasion when Chris and I can relax in front of our $7 cable for an evening of, we'll admit it, reality TV. Chris indulges me in my love of "The Biggest Loser" and we even get a kick out of this season's "Idol" (if we get home before 9pm on a Wednesday night). We also enjoy some of "Raymond," but other than that it is left to the National Geographic Channel to captivate us with it's rendition of "Mega Structures." However, last season we heard of a show that was becoming pretty popular. We began watching it when we got the chance. We were amazed...it was pretty decent. The plots each episode were interesting, so we figured it was a good way to spend an hour. The main character in particular, with his cutting sarcasm, outlandish style and unbelievable diagnoses' was right up our ally. It quickly became a favorite. That is...until the new season started not too long ago. We turned it on last week and were settling down for some husband and wife "quality time" when, to our dismay, two of the characters spent the night together. Have you figured out the title of the show, yet? The show is named for the main character's last name, "House." Chris and I thought it was a great show because up until then we hadn't seen any illicit sex. Now it may have had some, but we hadn't seen it. So, right then, right there we had to make a decision...to watch or not to watch...that was the question. No one else was there, just us. Chris and I had to decide. What would you have done?
So often in our world it is the "norm" to have characters involved in affairs outside of the main plot...it makes it "real and personal" so we are told. If our decision was to, kind of, ignore the situation and reason that it was still one of the cleanest shows on TV, would that be ok? If our decision was to stop watching it, would the ratings drop and be taken off the air? The answer to both of these questions is no. We decided, as a family, that we would not make it one of our primetime shows in the evenings.
We were, to say the least, disappointed. True, it was a "good" show and we don't even think that it would necessarily "hurt" our marriage to continue watching it. It would, however, cause us to slowly slip down the slope of apathy. What if we made the statement, "Let's ignore it this time 'cause, after all, it's still one of the cleanest shows on TV?" Pretty soon we would be justifying everything that we watched! Think about it.
What decisions do you make on what you watch? Do you think Chris and I are just being too protective? Do you see the need to cut out today's hot picks because of profanity and sex? Why or why not?