What has happened to morality, ethics, kindness, love?

These seem so so old-fashioned in the fast paced high tech world of today. The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie have been replaced by Desperate Housewives. I think it's a sad state of affairs. I regret that in my youth I aspired to be more like Farah Fawcett than Caroline Ingalls. I hope it isn't too late.