More sex and 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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Kid Nation premiered last Wednesday, and the show was, for lack of  a better term, fascinating. It was formulaic and, well, just plain bad. But it was also fascinating. In case you missed it, the premise revolves around sending 40 children to a ghost town in New Mexico for 40 days. The ages of the children range from 8-15, with the majority lying somewhere in the 10-12 range. Once there, the kids will have no supervision beyond that of a couple of camera crew and the host, Jonathan Karsh, who comes and goes randomly, but always to help the kids on their path.    There's all kinds of hullabaloo about whether or not it's ethical to take kids and simply drop them off in the middle of nowhere. Though they immediately showed the largest factor in the parents' decision to let these kids on to a TV show that could do a mind job on them for years: A gold star (cute) worth $20,000. A star is handed out by the "town council" at every meeting, so presumably about 5 kids will go home with prize money. My guess is that at least one of them will also win some ridiculous prize at the end of the show...say a million bucks.    I'd like to say that's where the show gets "better", but it doesn't. On this show no one gets voted off, and everyone's going home a winner.
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The Team America: World Police wooden puppets' sex scenes have   been chipped down to an R rating.
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Last year, Spike TVâs VGAs were a comedy of errors. Or maybe that should be horrors. 32 was so traumatized by last yearâs show, he actually couldnât do a coherent piece on just the show.
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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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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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Morgan Fairchild and Bo Derek have been going at it for hours. On an otherwise quite Saturday night, there seems to be no end to the yelling, face slapping, hair pulling, tussling, and hurling of vases full of long-stemmed roses.
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Arts & entertainment: The thirtysomething drama is under siege from crime shows. Danny Brocklehurst on why shaky love lives and career woes make for proper drama.
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Gabe: You might have seen this story on CNN about the teens that murdered a homeless guy and then equated it to the sort of thrill one might get from a violent video game. There will be plenty of articles focusing on these kids and their crime. I"d like to take a second and talk about the parents of these teenagers instead. It is the job of a parent to teach their children certain rules. Obviously the rules themselves and the emphasis each family places on them will vary, but there are certain universal constants that these parents obviously failed to pass on.
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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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Are girls getting more violent, or is their behavior being reported in new ways?
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The Wayne Rooney incident at the weekend has brought into question once again the use of television playbacks to incriminate sportsman.
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Women are more likely to suffer physical and sexual violence from their husbands or partners than other people and the violence is more severe in rural areas, according to research published on Friday.
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The Team America: World Police wooden puppets&#39; sex scenes have been chipped down to an R rating. After what has been, reportedly, lengthy dickering and bickering Matt Stone and Trey Parker
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Blog: This week in Nevada, a new case for social workers and little tolerance for parents accused of abuse.
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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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A scene in EastEnders featuring a character being stabbed prompts 200 complaints to the BBC.