Group sees more sex, violence in TV family hour
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Americans are being subjected to more sex, violence and profane language during the traditional, early-evening "family hour" of broadcast television viewing, a U.S. watchdog group said on Wednesday.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Teenagers who view sexual content on television, even if it only involves characters talking about sex, are twice as likely to start having intercourse in the ensuing year compared with peers who do not watch such content.    Sexual content on TV was also more likely to hasten adolescents' movement from one "base" to another, in other words, from kissing to breast fondling to genital touching and on to oral sex, new research found...
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The drama surrounding Monday Night Football&#39;s controversial opening segment continues. Many viewers were upset when ABC aired a steamy spot promoting its new show &quot;Desperate Housewives.
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At least one Fox Broadcasting Co. affiliate has balked at airing Monday night's 90-minute special "Who's Your Daddy," which has raised the ire of adoption advocacy groups for a premise that revolves around an adopted woman trying to pick her biological father from a group of eight candidates.
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At the instigation of a human rights group, television shows are rethinking interrogation scenes. Even Jack Bauer is on board.
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Showtime is known for content that is too racy for network television, so it is perhaps fitting that its latest slogan should be inappropriate for the networks, too.
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The Fox network may not be the happiest of families now that Brad Garrett has channeled his inner Don Rickles.
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Teenagers who watch a lot of television with sexual content are twice as likely to engage in intercourse than those who watch few such programs, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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Children's nursery rhymes contain 10 times more violence than British television shows broadcast before the country's 9 p.m. "watershed" after which more adult content can be shown, research published on Thursday said.
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Two-thirds of parents said they are very concerned about sex and violence the nation's children are exposed to in the media, and there would be broad support for new federal limits on such material on television, a survey says.
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Fox TV is to dedicate airtime to a Pro-Muslim message following complaints about its drama 24.
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By DAVID BAUERLEIN  Comcast's offer of a family-friendly package of cable television stations has gotten off to a slow start in Northeast Florida.  The "family tier" emphasizes G-rated programs that steer clear of sex, violence and foul language.
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Americans are being subjected to  more sex, violence and profane language during the traditional,  early-evening &quot;family hour&quot; of broadcast television viewing, a  U.S. watchdog group said on Wednesday.
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By Valerie Kuklenski\\ Staff Writer  While angry viewers send e-mails and snail mails, sign petitions and carry signs objecting to language, sex and violence on the big networks, a coalition of pretty powerful advertisers is doing something to improve what's on TV.
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The behavior of a party also called PUR TV deserves to be watched. These days, the party plays a stunning part.
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The cable television company has taken an aggressive and, critics say, sometimes heavy-handed, approach to protecting its interests in the Maryland county.
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Watching television can harm children much more than previously thought as it raises the risk of bad eyesight, obesity, premature puberty and autism, a study has shown.