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Hugabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 09:04 AM
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What would TV be like if the PTC controlled all programming?
Edited on Fri Jan-30-09 09:09 AM by Hugabear
I'm guessing it would be nothing but re-runs of Leave it to Beaver and other 50s sitcoms, with a heaping helping of televangelist shows.

http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/familyguide/weekly.asp

This gives you a pretty good idea of what they find acceptable and what they find obscene.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-09 09:41 AM
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1. Years ago, we had one of Paxson's stations here in town
and I think it's a pretty good idea of programming fare: reruns of shows from the 50s and early 60s--but not good ones like "Playhouse 90." They loved "Bonanza," for instance. It was perfect GOP drama, no women as main characters, only as fluff that distracted the manly men from time to time. Prime time was pretty much devoted to thumpers, the higher the pompadour, the closer my gawd to thee.

If they ever gain control, it'll be the death of the medium.

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