MSNBC.COM -- Has a year already passed? The Parents Television Council announces its 10-best and 10-work show for viewing-as-a-family. Using the 120+ hours of primetime television, the PTC culls a list of the shows best suited for watching as a family and least suited. Adding insult to injury, the PTC was only able to come up with 9 for the good list. I'll give you one guess as to which network has the greatest number of shows on the bad list. Yes, FOX with six of the 10 baddies. Now, what would your guess be for the network with the greatest number of shows good list? If you said ABC, CBS, NBC, or UPN, you'd be wrong. Fox and The WB score with two each.
I could (and do) extrapolate from that that Fox is offering the most diverse line-up of programming.
ABC - 2 good, 1 bad. (Dancing with the Stars? Really? Lori says that woman who lost her dress is a scantily-clad "skank.")
CBS - 1 good, 3 bad. (Ghost Whisperer? Really? Aren't ghosts scary?)
NBC - 1 good, no bad. (Three Wishes? Was this originally pitched by their PAX division?)
Fox - 2 good, 6 bad. (American Idol good? Even after Fantasia?)
UPN - 1 good, 0 bad. (A show based on Chris Rock's growing up life is a good show to watch as a family. Well, good for them. I haven't seen it but I've heard good stuff about it. Not sure if I get UPN.)
The WB - 2 good, 0 bad. (Two shows I haven't seen.)
Ok, here's the more interesting part...
Good Shows
Sunday - 1
Monday - 1
Thursday - 1
Friday - 4
unspecified - 2
Bad Shows
Sunday - 5
Monday - 2
Thursday - 2
unspecified - 1
Sunday is when a lot of the bad-for-families shows air? How ironic.
The link to MSNBC links on past that to the PTC's website. I make no judgements on these shows other than the snarky comments below. Kevin, feel free to rant about PTC's inclusion of Arrested Development on the bad side, or wax poetically about your appreciation of 7th. Heaven.
What really ticked me off was that they couldn't even find 10 good shows to recommend. My own preferences aside, there's so much fluffy, sappy, happy crap in prime time right now it's a joke. Couldn't name 10 shows? My list was still going strong at 20.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember referring to Kelly Monaco as a "skank." She was, however, scantily-clad. That's just a fact.
ReplyDeleteKevin - do share. Or have you posted on your blog? If so, I can just link to that.
ReplyDeleteWow. I'm a baaaaaad girl. But everyone probably already knew that....
ReplyDeleteSorted by network, no less...
ReplyDeleteMind you these are family-friendly, not Kevin-friendly. Most of these are painful to view:
:::CBS:::
The Amazing Race: Family edition
King of Queens
How I Met Your Mother
Still Standing
Yes Dear
Survivor
:::NBC:::
Biggest Loser
3 Wishes
:::WB:::
7th Heaven
Gilmore Girls (maybe)
One Tree Hill
Everwood (maybe)
What I like about you
Reba
:::ABC:::
Wife Swap
George Lopez
Freddie
Super Nanny
Hope & Faith
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
:::FOX:::
I can't make an accurate list with the World Series pre-empting theior shows
:::UPN:::
One on One
All Of Us
Eve (maybe)
Cuts (maybe)
I'd also count both editions of the Apprentice as PTC friendly, even though I think the values the shows purport to demonstrate are as close to evil as I can envision without actually klilling a guy. They also consider prime time sports like football kid-friendly, and I know this because they bitched about Janet Jackson's nipple being micro-secondly exposed to their kids who were all watching... meanwhile I think constant exposure to violent sports does more harm to kids than constant exposure to Family Guy.
I included a few maybes because when I tried to watch them they were so unshocking, unfunny, and bad, I could only assume they were kid-friendly.
There's a partial list after a quick glance at this week's listings. I'll take a look at FOX after baseball's over... I know I'll find a few more there.
Of all the shows I listed, 7th Heaven is the only one I'll watch. And if I had kids, 7th Heaven would still be the only one I'd watch with them. Wholesome shows that are crappy or just poorly produced don't do anything to enrich a child's life, but then you already know that.
And my word verification of the day is"sxpigm" or sex-pig-M (for Marousek).
Sorted by network, no less...
ReplyDeleteMind you these are family-friendly, not Kevin-friendly. Most of these are painful to view:
:::CBS:::
The Amazing Race: Family edition
King of Queens
How I Met Your Mother
Still Standing
Yes Dear
Survivor
:::NBC:::
Biggest Loser
3 Wishes
:::WB:::
7th Heaven
Gilmore Girls (maybe)
One Tree Hill
Everwood (maybe)
What I like about you
Reba
:::ABC:::
Wife Swap
George Lopez
Freddie
Super Nanny
Hope & Faith
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
:::FOX:::
I can't make an accurate list with the World Series pre-empting theior shows
:::UPN:::
One on One
All Of Us
Eve (maybe)
Cuts (maybe)
I'd also count both editions of the Apprentice as PTC friendly, even though I think the values the shows purport to demonstrate are as close to evil as I can envision without actually klilling a guy. They also consider prime time sports like football kid-friendly, and I know this because they bitched about Janet Jackson's nipple being micro-secondly exposed to their kids who were all watching... meanwhile I think constant exposure to violent sports does more harm to kids than constant exposure to Family Guy.
I included a few maybes because when I tried to watch them they were so unshocking, unfunny, and bad, I could only assume they were kid-friendly.
There's a partial list after a quick glance at this week's listings. I'll take a look at FOX after baseball's over... I know I'll find a few more there.
Of all the shows I listed, 7th Heaven is the only one I'll watch. And if I had kids, 7th Heaven would still be the only one I'd watch with them. Wholesome shows that are crappy or just poorly produced don't do anything to enrich a child's life, but then you already know that.
And my word verification of the day is"sxpigm" or sex-pig-M (for Marousek).
Kevin - do share. Or have you posted on your blog? If so, I can just link to that.
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