Pop Culture in California - TV's Eli Stone - only M6.8?

Did you watch last night's episode of Eli Stone? He and also quite an eccentric 'mad scientist' character successfully predicted a damaging earthquake in San Francisco. Eli has a premonition in a day dream due to his brain aneurysm. Wow! Anyhow, the crazy lawyer and crazy scientist somehow convince the Mayor to close the Golden Gate bridge, which is then damaged badly. Oh well, I guess someone figures this is what people want to see on TV - is it really? This makes me think we should pay for cable so that we can watch some worthwhile documentaries on science instead.