Although TV network reality series have become ‘mainstream’ enter...
Although TV network reality series have become “mainstream” entertainment it doesn’t mean “they've also become family friendly,” Parents TV Council said in report. “Too often, these series become a thinly veiled excuse for encouraging the contestants’ reckless, irresponsible or…
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just plain stupid behavior,” Council said. Study, conducted Jan. 2001-May 2002, examined first 4 series of 38 (25 broadcast, 13 cable) reality programs for total of 125.5 hours. “Offensive content” was more than 3 times as frequent on cable series than on broadcast TV, Council said. On TV, NBC and UPN series contained “the highest level of offensive content,” Council said, with VH1 and MTV leading in that category on cable. There were 29.4 instances of objectionable sex, foul language and/or violence per hour on cable reality series, 9.5 such instances per hour on broadcast TV.