Television
Is family-friendly TV going extinct?
Oct. 23, 2011
Entertainment & Arts
Despite the Family Channel’s adherence to a salutary set of broadcast standards in its original programming, there are media watchdogs who charge that the cable network is not the model of wholesome, family-oriented programming it intends to be.
Dec. 23, 1990
Awards
When cable TV was growing in the 1980s and ‘90s, many of its programs were past hits from the lineups of ABC, CBS and NBC.
April 1, 2015
Show Tracker
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June 22, 2010
May 9, 2012
The programming label has become so politicized that it’s getting harder to define what’s suitable for parents and children to watch together.
Aug. 7, 2001
Company Town
At the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Hollywood glitterati probably will bestow TV’s highest honors on dark, edgy programming such as the dystopian dramas “Westworld” on HBO and Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Sept. 14, 2017
In the final session of the National Council for Families and Television’s annual conference, Dr.
June 9, 1987
In an escalation of the campaign to clean up prime-time television and bolster the TV ratings system, House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and 100 other members of Congress called on the major networks Friday to return to the “family hour” of wholesome programming from 8 to 9 p.m.
May 10, 1997
DreamWorks Animation, the studio behind “Shrek,” “Kung Fu Panda” and “Madagascar” movie franchises, has launched a family-oriented channel targeting the Internet generation.
June 16, 2014