What's their Talent?

Not to dwell on the entertainment industry's perpetual stete of decay, but I have a burning question in my head. How do the people we see all over TV that have no mentionable talent, get on TV? I'll start with Ryan Seacrest. What is his talent? You might be saying, "Oh, That guy!!" "He's great! He uh, introduces people on that show that's so popular! and he uh.............talks! Oh! Oh! and I saw his face on a billboard! yeah.. what a neat guy! "
And you know something?, you're right. I believe that Ryan Seacrest's legacy will live on down through the generations of people who will aspire to one day be like their hero...Ryan Seacrest. They'll spend years perfecting their skills to become someone who truly does his artistry justice!
The next person who's fame is a mystery to me is Donald Trump. If I have a crapload of money and hire a dead fox to sleep on my head I might someday be as famous as Donald Trump. It might be tough, and time-consuming to go through all of those wives, but If I aim to match his greatness I will have to make sacrifices. I will also need to work on developing ingenious and memorable catch-phrases like "you're fired". I'll also need to pay off lots of studio executives to put my filthy rich face on their programs, but it won't be any problem because they'll already be green with envy at my limitless talent. Well at least their pockets will be green with large bills.
The least and not last of these giants of talent is Paris Hilton. Daddy's rich, so I'm famous. Easy enough. but whats the talent? Im sorry but I can't even be sarcastic about making up a talent (unless you include not eating as a talent).
Sadly I don't forsee any improvement in the near future. As long as we as a society watch whatever is on TV, corporations wil shell out less and less money for bigger profit and give up searching for talent when we are satisfied with "reality shows" like "elimi-date", "American Idol", "Survivor", "the Apprentice". None of which I watch, but hey, you don't need to jump into a pile of razor wire to know it doesn't feel good, let alone pay for it.

Note: for the record, when Annette and I aren't watching DVD's of seasons of shows we like "Curb your Enthusiasm" , "Cosby", "Ren & Stimpy", "The Andy Griffith show", and others, we get the snow channel and the sky channel which sometimes features a green number floating in the top right corner of the screen. But don't be fooled that number is immeasurably more entertaining than Donald Trump.