I need TV, stat!!

Is it just me, or is every episode of "ER" the BIGGEST EPISODE EVER? The show just had its 300th episode last month, and I'm pretty sure 280 of them were billed as being "groundbreaking" or "very touching" or "freakin awesome." Yeah, I know there's that thing called advertising, but at this point NBC is like the boy who cried wolf -- I'm pretty sure each episode is just going to include some inner-office romances, a cancer patient and a flatliner. Maybe the guy who writes their ads has some sort of disease that causes him to speak only in hyperbole.
Ad guy's wife: "How was your day, honey?"
Ad guy: "Absolutely unbelievably fabulous!"
Ad guy's kid: "Look at the picture I drew today at school."
Ad guy: "You did a fantastic job of capturing dog poo! This is earth shattering!"
Ad guy's kid: "Umm it's supposed to be a unicorn."

Now if they had THAT disease on the show, I might consider tuning in. Unfortunately, we won't be getting new episodes of "ER" or anything else for awhile, due to the damn writers' strike. Personally, I'm getting pretty sick of this nonsense. It's gone on for so long that I can't remember what the issues are. I'm not exactly sure, but I want to blame the terrorists...