What ever happened to plot development

Anyone else notice how many shows now a days, especially nerdy shows, rely heavily on the monster of the week route? Sometimes going three or four episodes without dealing with any of the meat of the show. I'm starting to think that's the problem with American television over other countries. Our shows are written by teams of writers and often have 15+ episodes per season, and they run out of good story and need to fill the gap. Shows that average 10 episodes a season are filled with drama, comedy, story, twists, and depth on a much grander scale.
Well, maybe, it's not so much about being American or not, there are good American shows that don't rely heavy on being formulaic, but most of them appear to be on channels and services based on subscription. So do I need to take a channels budget into account then? Shows like DaVinci's Demons, Game of Thrones, Daredevil, Carnival, Dexter (first few seasons at least) all have great story and plot development without being too formulaic. They aren't only trying to please their advertisers, so they take the time to make a good story, rather than just pumping out episode after episode to feed the masses and line their pockets.
Don't get me wrong, there are shows that pump out monster of the week episodes year after year that do a great job and keep my attention. Supernatural, Stargate, Star Trek, and X-Files just to name a few. Every episode deals with something new, and most can be watched solo without much explanation needed as to what led up to this point. They are well written, well acted and all seem to keep your attention based on the characters more than just the stories. Supernatural is prime example at how the characters of a show can keep it on the air for long after the stories began a slow decline. On the same note Star Trek in all its incarnations is a perfect example of how great characters, mixed with great story and concept, can keep a series alive for years and years. Course that's exactly what's kept Doctor Who alive, but that's a whole other post. Those shows, with exception of Supernatural, are all canceled however and no longer putting out great monster of the week episodes.
We are a race of people who are completely content to be spoon fed pointless stories on TV all for the sake of having something to watch. We shut off our brains and let the networks and reviewers tell us what's good and what we should be watching, rather than searching out new shows and letting the world know of how much we enjoy others. It's that kind of mentality that killed Firefly, Almost Human, Forever, Constantine, Doll House, Flash Gordon, The 4400, and so on. Shows with great promise and possibility, but, not enough vocal interest outside its own Fanboys and Fangirls, so they were cancelled way before they should have been. Yet again, early cancelations is another post for another day.
We need all the Fanboys and Fangirls, the fan fiction writers, the short story and novelists, and everyone who has ever written a D&D campaign to study story writing and script writing and start creating more and more sci-fi and fantasy shows that we can be proud of. Ones that find a way to discuss sensitive topics and world events while still bringing humor and tears. We need you all to stand up and demand story telling to be more important than money making. Make your voice heard on saving the underdog shows and keeping alive the TV programming that is really worthy of our attention and our fan base.
This is something I feel passionate about and would hope everyone would agree with, or, maybe it's just the Bloodwine talking.

Byron/Bert