It's not really escapism, I think it's more thinking more about all the awful disastrous things that only happen in fiction, and hoping it won't happen to anyone you know. There's enough drama and sadness in real life, four people I know have died in the last month and a baby has been in hospital - I don't want to watch in the soaps as well. They used to be called soaps because they were subbed by companies like Persil and were light and frothy family viewing - more like car crash viewing these days. IMO.