PTC: Family Hour Isn't for Families

PTC: FAMILY HOUR ISN'T FOR FAMILIES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Parents Television Council said the family hour on TV is no place for kids. In a new content analysis of the 8-9 time period on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW and My NetworkTV, the PTC concluded that sexual content increased 22.1% in the hour since its last study in 2000-01 and that violence was up by 52.4%. Scripted shows were the biggest offenders, with 16.88 instances per hour of "foul" content, which included swearing, bleeped swearing, sexual content and pixilated sexual content, and violence, including surgeries. Unscripted shows averaged only 5.82 per hour, while game shows were the cleanest fare at 0.31 per hour.
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