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I disagree with you completely. Once I got TiVo and could record stuff at any time, and see what was on at any time, I started realizing that there's a lot of good stuff on, it's just not advertised, or it's on when you're asleep. Here are some shows that I think fit the bill:

Nova - PBS
Frontline - PBS
Rough Science - PBS
Next @ CNN - CNN
NOW - PBS
Book TV - CSPAN
Digital Future - CSPAN
MythBusters - Discovery
The Daily Show - Comedy Central
Great Scientists - History Channel
Great Performances - PBS

You might also see if you can get the Science Network when it's available.

All of the required "embryonic" stem cells can come from the 1000's of 8-cell blastocytes that are destroyed or frozen every day as part of the in-vitro ferilization process.

There is a problem with that. The scientists dont want to limit their research to humans with fertility problems. They also want to be allowed to create their own blastocysts via nuclear transfer to study patients with paticular illnesses.

If any of what I've said doesnt make sense then watch the Science Network's symposium on Stem Cells. Stem Cells: Science, Ethics and Politics at the Crossroads. They explain all the issues and technologies repeatedly and in a way normal folk can understand. I watched the full version but there is a new edit that might be good too.

...I don't think a fair, logical discussion of the issues would work (for long) on network television
Well, we are going to find out: this little network is struggling for finances to become the CSPAN of science
If you don't like most mass media science coverage? Give these guys a look [if and when they get a little air time on a cable near you :-(