English to French Other Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. general

Toujours dans cet article sur la solitude et sur cette course à la richesse et la célébrité que la société nous sert de nos jours:

The researchers found that those who watch a lot of television derive less satisfaction from a given level of income than those who watch only a little. Television speeds up the hedonic treadmill, forcing us to strive even harder to sustain the same level of satisfaction. You have only to think of the **wall-to-wall auctions** on daytime TV, Dragon’s Den, the Apprentice and the myriad forms of career-making competition the medium celebrates, the generalised obsession with fame and wealth, the pervasive sense, in watching it, that life is somewhere other than where you are, to see why this might be.

Je comprens bien qu'il s'agit d'une description négative d'un certain type de programmes télé qui nous est servi jusque dans nos salons, mais je ne vois quelle traduction donner pour rendre cette image sans faire très long.

Toute suggestion la bienvenue, merci!