Do you think the major networks should be forced to air only family-friendly prgramming between the hours of 8 and 9:30 PM?

While I do think the major networks should put on a few more family-friendly shows, I do not think that all the networks should be required to air only family-friendly programming. A lot of people, including myself, don't have young kids and should be able to watch shows like Friends and The Simpsons at 8 PM (Eastern time). I'm sick of parents who think TV should cater to their needs all the time. Stop using the boob tube as a baby-sitter!

Yeah I think they should. All today's sitcoms are just trash with a swear word in every sentence.

But not like the family shows like on Disney or Fox Family.....

Heres the layout for those Disney and Fox Family shows

1 really weird mom and 1 really weird dad
1 pesky brother or sister
2 friends
Unpopular
Always has a crush on this person at school
WHO IS GOING OUT WITH THE BULLY that picks on the main character.
Become popular and win their crush at the end of the show/movie.

See for those shows, they are so predictable. Create a show like Alice or Day by Day or something!

Please look at MY topic please!
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30814
Thank you!


Nathan Bush
(Rain Man)

In a way, yes, but you do have a point about people without "families".

In today's day and age familes are very different from 50's,60's,70's familes.Today's familes don't eat together but instead eat wherever and whenever they want.Kids hardly ever get grounded,Kids get what they want all the time so I say no.We don't need Donna Reed in 02!

They shouldn't be required to.....Not many people would watch them with all these other kids networks. On major networks today its not family hour, its Happy Hour.

no! i don't like family shows! they're so bubble gum!

too corny and happy.

Originally posted by frasierlilithCheers
too corny and happy.

I agree


no! i don't like family shows! they're so bubble gum!



Yep!

Originally posted by Sitcomwriter
In today's day and age familes are very different from 50's,60's,70's familes.Today's familes don't eat together but instead eat wherever and whenever they want.Kids hardly ever get grounded,Kids get what they want all the time so I say no.We don't need Donna Reed in 02!


Maybe that's what's wrong with this country today?
(not that I think the networks should be forced to do anything, the less governement is involved the better)

But I do think we need more family values, if not "family hour" on TV.

I really don't think they need to bring it back thats what disney, family, and cartoon network are for

I think they should bring it back, at least on Fridays like ABC did until recently with TGIF. What's wrong with bubblegum? I like it. And family shows can be good, they don't have to be like "The Donna Reed Show", infact no such show has been like "The Donna Reed Show" since the show went off the air in 1966-after all, there IS only one Donna Reed. An example of a good family show is "My Wife & Kids". It gets good ratings, good humor (IMO), and is yet also a 'family' sitcom. I think it should be from 8-9 PM tho, 9-10 PM for those single shows such as "Friends", and from 10-11 PM are those dramas. True, not everyone has families, but not everyone is single. And some people don't have cable, all they have are FOX, ABC, UPN, NBC, & CBS (And some the WB, in some areas it's only carried on cable)

I did enjoy tgif I think it was a big mistake for abc to cancel all there shows....

For me personally I say bring it back.

I have children so I would like to sit with them and enjoy family evening TV time.

I say bring it back, but make it on ONE network on a friday.:wave:

I agree.
Friday nights on ABC.


But make it FUNNY shows this time.
Keep George Lopez.... and 3 new ones.

I dont think it would work if they did,people cannot function as a family unit anymore and its sad...

When the original Family Hour was designated there were pretty much just the 3 major networks, PBS, and local independent stations. It was often mocked. This was about the same time that Saturday morning cartoon programing started to show tame examples of characters we all knew in a similar stance as Family Hour. That was basically the start of the downfall of Saturday morning cartoons.

If it were implemented now it may not have the same affect as the original since there are so many viewing options.

The way I looked at it 9 to 11pm should be for adult shows and have some time 7pm-8pm for the youngsters. Some of the youngsters show I even like.