Lassie is Educational?

[MarcB]

Yesterday I was scrolling through my on-screen program guide and saw Lassie listed for the TBN Religious Network. I click on it to watch it and it has the E/I logo in the upper left corner of the screen. What's educational about Lassie?

 

[installLSC]

Well they approved "Saved By The Bell" for E/I, so I can totally see "Lassie" as qualifying. (Supposedly the "Saved" thing is because it shows teenagers resolving moral and ethic issues.)

 

[KeithE4]

Well they approved "Saved By The Bell" for E/I, so I can totally see "Lassie" as qualifying. (Supposedly the "Saved" thing is because it shows teenagers resolving moral and ethic issues.)

It's educational because it shows how a dog rescues a little boy repeatedly. It's also a canine-to-English dictionary: "Lassie! What's wrong?" <Bark!> "You mean Grampa fell in the well again?"

BTW, This Week In Baseball was also approved as an E/I program.

 

[TheBigA]

I think all of the animal shows are considered educational, except maybe Mr. Ed.

 

[DToTheJ]

And "Woody Woodpecker."

 

[K.M. Richards]

I think Road Runner cartoons should be classified E/I because they teach kids not to create dumb Rube Goldberg-type traps like Wile E. Coyote.

 

[nathannah]

If it was on Smile of a Child, that network has a blanket E/I icon on all shows; in fact TBN could call anything it wants E/I on the main channel and just not put it in the Kidvid report because with SoAC, even on their new over-the-air split channel with JUCE to accomodate the Spanglish Salsa, TBN far exceeds FCC regulations for E/I content thanks to SoAC also taking the E/I loads for The Church Channel and Enlace.

 

[Silkie]

Once upon a time children could learn from the lessons Timmy learned. There was usually a moral to the story, in addition to forming character.

 

[installLSC]

Once upon a time children could learn from the lessons Timmy learned. There was usually a moral to the story, in addition to forming character.

Yeah but that criteria everything from "Father Knows Best" to the Norman Lear sitcoms could qualify as E/I. (Then again, I heard of somebody mentioning he watched "All in the Family" episodes in AP History class!)

 

[MarcB]

If it was on Smile of a Child, that network has a blanket E/I icon on all shows; in fact TBN could call anything it wants E/I on the main channel and just not put it in the Kidvid report because with SoAC, even on their new over-the-air split channel with JUCE to accomodate the Spanglish Salsa, TBN far exceeds FCC regulations for E/I content thanks to SoAC also taking the E/I loads for The Church Channel and Enlace.

Funny you should mention "Smile of a Child" (what a ridiculous name for a network) at the bottom of the screen it was scrolling that this was a "Smile of a Child" Preview and gave information how to get Smile of a Child and JUCE 24/7. I remember scrolling past TBN many times on Saturdays and seeing the scroll about "Smile of a Child" Preview.

 

[K.M. Richards]

I think Road Runner cartoons should be classified E/I because they teach kids not to create dumb Rube Goldberg-type traps like Wile E. Coyote.

At this time, I would like to thank the person who left a "reputation" mark based on this post, for showing us how easily sarcasm flies right over most people's heads these days.

Sheesh.

 

[only1moore]

I've seen every version of "Lassie" and in every incarnation the collie is doing more than saving someone down the well, even without the owners. They even had Lassie suffer from amnesia in one episode. But given that this is a family friendly show, this would qualify as a E/I program.

 

[crainbebo]

I have seen stations (years ago) air Little House on the Prairie weekdays for E/I credit. Interesting.

-crainbebo

 

[Silkie]

I've seen every version of "Lassie" and in every incarnation the collie is doing more than saving someone down the well, even without the owners. They even had Lassie suffer from amnesia in one episode. But given that this is a family friendly show, this would qualify as a E/I program.

And PTSD in one of the first, if not the first. But Lassie's name was "Bill", and Timmy was Elizabeth Taylor.

 

[Markxxx]

"All In The Family" had quite a few episodes where Archie learned a lesson and the reason for it was education. Like when he was red lined for insurance. Or when he had to fire his best worker. Or when he hired a plumber that employed a ex-con (or maybe he was on work release) as a helper.

As for what is considered "educational" I did a browse of the FCC site and so far this is all I came up with:

Core programming is specifically designed to serve the educational and informational needs of children 16 years of age and under, including the child’s intellectual/cognitive or social/emotional needs. (emphasis is mine)

In addition, core programming:

• serves the educational and informational needs of children as a significant purpose;
• is at least 30 minutes in length;
• is aired between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.;
• is a regularly scheduled weekly program; and
• is identified as specifically designed to educate and inform children by the display of the symbol E/I on the television screen throughout the program

I'm guessing Lassie could fill social or emotional needs.

 

[Joe_Capitano]

One problem. The show was not intended to meet the main qualifiers. It was intendended for family viewing and not targeted specifically at children and their educational needs, if any. I don't think there were any educational consultants involved in the production, either. (Little House - same story).

So let's leave off the E/I wart. Lassie, the classic CBS series (and its predecessor) isn't eligible.

 

[K.M. Richards]

So let's leave off the E/I wart. Lassie, the classic CBS series (and its predecessor) isn't eligible.

I doubt the Crouchs (Jan and the kids) care.