'CSI,' perhaps more than any other show that I can think of on television right now, has really gotten into the kinky sexual fetishes to drive the story lines, |
[More sex or less, the result is the same, critics say.] Television's message is that teens must be having sex to be normal, ... They watch these shows and say, 'Everyone on TV is sexually active; I should be, too.' |
[Of actor Stephen Collins, who stars as the Rev. Eric Camden in] 7th Heaven, ... He makes an excellent father figure. He's not the dumb one in the household. He's communicative, he's responsible, he's involved in his kids' lives. He's a great role model. |
Here 2005 is going to end … and nothing has been done all year. |
Here 2005 is going to end essentially tomorrow and nothing has been done all year. I'm a bit disappointed. I would have expected to see something happen before now. |
It really affirms what the Parents Television Council has been saying a long time: There's too much graphic sex on television when kids are watching. Children are getting a lot of bad information without a discussion of consequences and health risks. |
Networks may be putting the shows on later in the evening, but they are advertising those programs throughout the day. |
Part of our reason for putting this list out is to shame the networks, |
There's a certain mythology that prevails in Hollywood that kids are only interested in risky or edgy stuff, ... and I don't think that's always the case. |
This commercial is basically soft-core porn, ... The way she moves, the way she puts her finger in her mouth -- it's very suggestive and very titillating. |
Until a couple years ago, the FCC was sort of asleep at the wheel when it comes to indecency enforcement, ... We helped jump-start the FCC and get them to look at this issue seriously. |
Until a couple years ago, the FCC was sort of asleep at the wheel when it comes to indecency enforcement, ... We helped jumpstart the FCC and get them to look at this issue seriously. |
Until a couple years ago, the FCC was sort of asleep at the wheel when it comes to indecency enforcement. We helped jumpstart the FCC and get them to look at this issue seriously. |
We're just gathering and labeling information, ... We're not telling people what they should be offended by. |
We're not necessarily advocating for shows to be canceled. Our preference is that they tone it down. |