Entertainment & Arts
Activist group says media mergers mean cutbacks in programming for children. Broadcasters dispute the findings.
May 21, 2003
Television
Television: Beginning Wednesday, virtually every network except NBC will add letters to shows’ ratings to alert parents to possibly unsuitable material.
Sept. 29, 1997
The industry committee developing television’s first ratings system is nearing agreement on a plan that will group programs into six broad categories that reflect varying levels of sex, violence and coarse language, but not with the precision that some children’s advocates have sought.
Dec. 10, 1996
Television: The ratings are one thing. But where do newspapers and magazines find the space to list them?
Dec. 21, 1996
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan to allow TV stations to fulfill their obligation to put on children’s programming by paying another station in the same market to run such fare.
Jan. 30, 1995
Most programs broadcast in prime time merit parental-guidance labels but few warrant as much parental concern as would a PG-13 movie, based on the distribution of categories under the new TV ratings system.
Jan. 3, 1997
Action for Children’s Television wants news programs for children and this week launched a campaign to sell the idea to TV broadcasters and cable operators.
Nov. 18, 1987
Set up rules regarding which TV programs to watch and for how long.
Jan. 24, 2000
Booster Shots
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Nov. 23, 2009
Brigid Sullivan scanned the faces around the long elliptical conference table here at the offices of public television station WGBH-TV, took a deep breath and began her impassioned plea.
June 19, 1987