WASHINGTON POST/ Christopher Vondracek-
Might an hour of wholesome TV content that offered hit shows like “Little House on the Prairie” and “The Waltons” in a bygone era return to entertain today’s growing family viewership of network television?
That’s what the Parents Television Council is calling for, saying that families stuck at home during the pandemic have migrated back to “linear TV” (read, not Netflix), only to find more violent and sexually graphic shows.
“It’s really unfortunately that what once was a time without having to lunge for the remote to change the channel has gone,” council President Tim Winter said.
Previously, when his group had campaigned for the return of the “family hour,” network executives told him that families watch television differently today. “But guess what? That’s exactly how they’re doing it right now,” Mr. Winter said.
Last week, the Parents Television Council wrote a letter to the heads of CBS, Fox, NBCUniversal, Disney Television & ABC Entertainment, and The CW Television Network calling on them to “consider the immediate restoration of the ‘Family Hour’” to their nightly schedules. Continue reading…
