I know what you mean, OP, WWE and pro-wrestling can be educational if they use it correctly. I stood in for a Social Studies teacher and one of the bonus questions on the test was, "Who is this person?" It was a picture of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Dwayne reaching public education.
there was an interpersonal comm class (i think) in college that i took..one exercise was that there were groups of 4 people and we had to guess their profession. one was gorgeous george and i was the only one in the class to know it