Simply horrible.
People who make television actually sat in a room together and said, "Yes, this is good programming, we should spend millions of dollars to make this and promote it as the 'hit of the season'. It will give us all something to be very proud of.
It would have been better if they had just put up a slide for 60 minutes and said :
DUE TO A LACK OF CREATIVITY WE DECIDED THAT PUTTING ON UTTER NONSENSE WAS DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR AUDIENCE, WE ARE GIVING YOU AN HOUR OF YOUR LIFE BACK IN THE HOPE THAT YOU MIGHT GO FOR A WALK, READ A BOOK, CONNECT WITH YOUR FAMILY OR SIMPLY GAZE INTO THE DISTANCE.