stassen@trwspp.UUCP (08/17/84)
[With TV guide in hand..., and tongue in cheek] Sorry about an inaccuracy in my last posting... I caught a "rock video" show on NBC last fall, but it isn't being aired any more. I expect the same has happened to the show I saw on one of the other networks... so there are NOT two major networks which carry video shows in the afternoon... sorry about the misinformation. Here is a list of the video programs available to the LA area this week (other than MTV). -Network- -Show- -Days- -Time- -Length- Nickelodeon Live Wire Mon-Fri 2:00pm 1 hour (1) Nickelodeon NIC Rocks Mon-Fri 3:00pm 1/2 hour Indep. (9) Video One Mon-Fri 5:00pm 1 hour Indep. (13) Solid Gold Mon-Fri 11:00pm 1 hour NBC (4) Friday Nite V. Fri 12:30am >2 hours (2) Nickelodeon NIC Rocks Sat 7:00am 1 hour HBO Video Jukebox Sat 10:00am 1/2 hour Indep. (5) Video Beat Sat 10:30am 1/2 hour Indep. (5) Amer. Top 10 Sat 11:00am 1/2 hour Indep. (5) Music Magazine Sat 11:30am 1/2 hour Indep. (13) Top 40 Videos Sat 12:00pm 1 hour ABC (7) Weekend Videos Sat 12:30pm 1 hour WGN (Chi) Amer. Top 10 Sat 1:00pm 1/2 hour Indep. (9) Video One Sat 3:00pm 1 hour Indep. (13) Solid Gold Sat 10:00pm 1 hour Indep. (5) Amer. Top 10 Sat 11:00pm 1/2 hour Footnotes: (1) Nickelodeon is a CHILDREN's cable TV channel. It has more music videos and concerts than any other channel. Monday's episode "features 'Twisted Sister'". (2) I have never seen the end of "Friday Night Videos," but I have seen more than 90 minutes of them. Note: This list does not include televised concerts (Nickelodeon and movie channels), dance shows (American Bandstand, Soul Train), and specials. You're going to have a real tough time keeping all of these videos out of your home. You would be better off getting your children to understand that videos are "bad," because there's no way you'll be able to "turn them off." In addition, if you want to fight your children getting nightmares, you should also beware of having them watch: (1) ESPN (sports cable channel) Boxing and PKA karate! (2) Cable movie channels (R-rated stuff, you know!) (3) The evening news (can be as violent as anything else!). If you REALLY want to protect your very young children, you can purchase a LOCK for the whole cable system. Let them watch ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS (except at 6:00 :-)). Let them watch cable only when you are there to supervise. As they get older, you can entrust them with the key (or remove the lock). It is YOUR job to protect them, not society's. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The opinions expressed in this document are my own, and do not represent those of my employer(s). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christian W. Stassen [vortex|ihnp4]!trwspp!stassen "...Then we'll twist your little minds!"
pshell@wxlvax.UUCP (Peter Shell) (08/21/84)
Various means have been suggested for protecting your kids against all the violence/sex on tv. My solution is alot easier than any of the others. All you need is a sledgehammer. Or, if you're the non-violent type, you could always sell your tv to the local used appliance store. There isn't much content on today's tv anyway. buy your kids a book instead.
wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (08/22/84)
Would you believe that even PBS has a rock music video show? It is a half-hour program called "Colorsounds" (if memory serves; I may be wrong). Here in St. Louis, it is shown in the middle of the day; I don't have a TV Guide handy to check if it is daily or weekly. This is rather strange. They superimpose the lyrics over the videos as subtitles. Certain letters or words are highlighted in a contrasting color, keyed to an introductory slide, which is very terse (it will say something like "Short i"). Slang words, like "gonna", are included in the lyric subtitles, but are asterisked. I have never seen any footnote or explanatory message which discusses the asterisks; however, I've only seen this a couple times, on vacation or sick days. (Maybe you have to have a printed guide, which is only sent to teachers?) So even trying to keep your kids isolated to the channel carrying "Sesame Street" and "Electric Company" won't work -- they'll still see the videos! HA! (And the latest one of these I saw had a "Twisted Sister" video which directly and explicitly mocked and jeered and spat at parents who try to control their children. So there!) You are doomed... Will Martin