I know zilch about the video game industry so I cannot comment on that but I do follow the TV and film industry carefully so I'll offer my two cents on this subject.
I agree television as of late seems to be the same old, same old. The same set-ups, the same types of characters and the same plotlines. But I can pretty much guarantee that the writers, producers, directors, and actors don't go into a show feeling this way. In their minds, I'm sure that they think that what they are doing (or at least I hope that they think what they are doing) is creative and funny or dramatic, depending on the genre. I can't even imagine the time and effort put into each TV show and each set of people responsible for creating a show (reality TV included) feel it's worth the time, effort and money they put into it and they recieve my complete respect for that. Now, it's true a lot of these shows will fail and that's too bad but it's the way it goes. They don't all fail though because they aren't well thought out and put together. Rating's are the name of the game.
I agree television as of late seems to be the same old, same old. The same set-ups, the same types of characters and the same plotlines. But I can pretty much guarantee that the writers, producers, directors, and actors don't go into a show feeling this way. In their minds, I'm sure that they think that what they are doing (or at least I hope that they think what they are doing) is creative and funny or dramatic, depending on the genre. I can't even imagine the time and effort put into each TV show and each set of people responsible for creating a show (reality TV included) feel it's worth the time, effort and money they put into it and they recieve my complete respect for that. Now, it's true a lot of these shows will fail and that's too bad but it's the way it goes. They don't all fail though because they aren't well thought out and put together. Rating's are the name of the game.