Well it depends on what you expect, I guess.
IF you expected the mainstream media to feature TV a lot, you might end up disappointed about "the world"...
However, when I look at what happened since I first saw TV live back in late '99, I like to think he has been going "onwards and upwards".
Back in Sept. 2000, he was doing small-scale gigs over Germany. From 2001 on, following the "best of" album with DTH, the audiences started to grow. Plus more albums and tours.
Then in 2007 there was the Bored Teenagers shows with Adverts stuff, which lead to headlining festival gigs etc.!
Again, many solo shows with good crowds followed 2008/9. And we got the "TVOM!" gigs bringing more people in than usual!
The last few years, a similar effect like with "Useless" in Germany (+Switzerland, Austria) could be seen in UK with the excellent docu being shown by the BBC. (Something YOU can do is share the link to this to those who do not know it yet!)
Then we've had the tours in support of Toy Dolls, Dead Men Walking, UK Subs and others, which again brought new fans. Isn't it nice to see the fans buying new stuff and the re-releases of great old albums at the merch desk?
Still, maybe "most people" won't listen - but are they the people we'd want to listen? People who don't care about music anyway and/or listen to dancefloor/boybands (etc)?
In short, I think TV has done quite well in the last few years and achieved a lot (rave reviews of tour diary books, albums & shows all over the place, radio and television appearances...).
Which, come to think of it, is
more than I'd expected back in 1999/2000!
