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Variety: Little diversity progress among writers
And the conclusion is... duh?
New York Times: More Than Ever, You Can Say That on Television
The article is about the evolving language on American broadcast TV, which is more limited than cable, so they're now using words like douche because it "sounds like a thing you can’t say." Some networks still try to keep things clean during certain hours, but this quote is exactly what I've been saying for a while it's unrealistic to expect networks to adhere to these standards when most kids can change the channel at 2 p.m. and see a cable program of something that was in network primetime:
Neal Baer, an executive producer of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” said that because the series was repeated in syndication and on cable at all times of the day, the producers could not worry about what time something was going to be viewed. “It’s hypocritical to say that you have to have shows on broadcast networks at 10 but they run at 3 or 4 or 5 in the afternoon on cable,” Mr. Baer said. “Kids have access to cable.”
Hasn't stopped the douches syndicating Criminal Minds from blurring out words like bitch and ass for cable repeats, yet leaving all the bloody stuff onscreen, even though it was first shown on broadcast.
And the conclusion is... duh?
New York Times: More Than Ever, You Can Say That on Television
The article is about the evolving language on American broadcast TV, which is more limited than cable, so they're now using words like douche because it "sounds like a thing you can’t say." Some networks still try to keep things clean during certain hours, but this quote is exactly what I've been saying for a while it's unrealistic to expect networks to adhere to these standards when most kids can change the channel at 2 p.m. and see a cable program of something that was in network primetime:
Neal Baer, an executive producer of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” said that because the series was repeated in syndication and on cable at all times of the day, the producers could not worry about what time something was going to be viewed. “It’s hypocritical to say that you have to have shows on broadcast networks at 10 but they run at 3 or 4 or 5 in the afternoon on cable,” Mr. Baer said. “Kids have access to cable.”
Hasn't stopped the douches syndicating Criminal Minds from blurring out words like bitch and ass for cable repeats, yet leaving all the bloody stuff onscreen, even though it was first shown on broadcast.