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'Sex and Television: How America went from 'I Love Lucy' to 'Playboy Club''


"'It's become downright ubiquitous,' [Tim] Winter told USA Today last year. 'Families are under siege, teenage girls are under siege. You don't know what the cultural impact will be down the road.'"

Read more: Hal Boyd, Deseret News

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"It sounds radical, but this is healthy for popular culture," Levinson said in an article last year in USA Today. "Mainstream TV has been frozen in a very puritanical position by Congress, the FCC and the Supreme Court — all who don't seem to understand the First Amendment. Sex is part of life. If people are offended, there's a simple remedy: Don't watch."

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I'm very interested to learn about the Parents Television Council. Thanks for this article Gina.