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"R" Rated programming

sdwulfdawg

sdwulfdawg

I'm just curious, can local over-the-air broadcasters air more sexually suggestive programming/freer language (the "F" word) with viewer warning after a certain hour -- say 10 p.m. and on?
 
Fox tried it with their ADHD block. The conservative affiliate groups, Raycom in particular, raised a stink about it. The PTC did their usual song and dance. Fox had to go through and neuter the TV-MA content down to TV-14. They eventually pulled the plug on it. The block is now moving to FXX.

Stations can certainly air TV-MA content after 10 PM. Whether or not they have the balls for it is a different matter.
 
The F word is still a nono on OTA/broadcast TV (and radio).....Sh*t gets said late night rarely.....cable channels of course have no such restrictions......they just need to pop up a MA or similar warning....
 
With three exceptions--"Schindler's List", "Saving Private Ryan" and "Scared Straight" (I'm so glad I didn't see that last one until UPN did an update showing what has happened to the people since the original)--I don't think I've ever heard the F-word on programming that wasn't live on broadcast TV, except possibly in a movie that wasn't properly edited for broadcast TV. I know I've heard the S-word in that situation.

Wait, one more. I think it was before the Janet Jackson incident, but I need to add PBS. I've forgotten what program.

I have heard the S-word in a number of situations. "E.T." was aired unedited in the early 90s. Spielberg wouldn't allow it to be touched. There were several programs with an MA rating (or M) which allowed the word sometime after the V-chip ratings began. I remember a presentation of "On Golden Pond" on CBS which had a variation of the word, but the rating was TV-14, with an L, of course.

I heard the S-word in a Christmas movie which was close to being family-friendly but had other problems which would make it inappropriate for children. Later, the sound went out in a few places, leading me to believe someone was monitoring the movie and bleeping where needed. Or maybe the editing wasn't done effectively enough.

I saw "Stand and Deliver" on PBS and the S-word was left in. It was the only time it was used and hardly offensive.

Incidentally, with 7 uses of the F-word, "Schindler's List" may have actually been cleaner from a language standpoint (it had other reasons to be offensive) than most prime-time TV.
 
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