V-Chip, people!
Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.
'Shindig'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2005 7:53:50 am PST #3360 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sean K - Mar 02, 2005 7:56:10 am PST #3361 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
subscription radio
Like my fucking HBO, I paid for it, I want indecency any old time of the damned day.
Cashmere - Mar 02, 2005 7:56:22 am PST #3362 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
V-Chip, people!
OFF BUTTON!
Jessica - Mar 02, 2005 7:56:53 am PST #3363 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Cable is a much greater violator in the indecency area...I think we have the same power to deal with cable as over-the-air. There has to be some standard of decency."
If. You. Don't. Like. It. Then. Don't. Watch.
juliana - Mar 02, 2005 7:57:24 am PST #3364 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R), Alaska, is beginning a push to apply the same stringent standards, which render network programming so flaccid, upon cable and subscription radio and television.
::headdesk::
Go away, Stevens.
Y'know, if parents are worried about the indecency in cable channels, why not just not have cable? Alternately, if the government really wants to get into it, why not force cable companies to make their offerings a la carte?
tommyrot - Mar 02, 2005 7:58:01 am PST #3365 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"Cable is a much greater violator in the indecency area...I think we have the same power to deal with cable as over-the-air. There has to be some standard of decency."
Fucking fuckwit fuckers. The difference has always been that since cable is elective and paid-for, that the broadcast rules don't apply (especially for non-basic cable).
Also, the FCC had lately adopted the attitude of: "We can regulate all this stuff, because Congress never said we couldn't."
Jessica - Mar 02, 2005 7:58:23 am PST #3366 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Alternately, if the government really wants to get into it, why not force cable companies to make their offerings a la carte?
Ooh, I'd like that. Not so much for the avoiding of indecency, but I'd love to get just the channels I want without all the filler crap.
sarameg - Mar 02, 2005 7:58:49 am PST #3367 of 10002
V-Chip, people!
It doesn't even require that. Parenting, people.
Good christ. But, you know, it is so hard to keep an eye on what your kids are watching and set limits. And gasp everyone knows you have to have a tv.
No patience with this shit, at all. I swear. I mean, I do have issues with graphic violence, but you know what? I solve them for myself. I don't watch it.
juliana - Mar 02, 2005 7:59:23 am PST #3368 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Ooh, I'd like that. Not so much for the avoiding of indecency, but I'd love to get just the channels I want without all the filler crap.
I'd like it too. We might actually order cable then. All we need is Comedy Central and Animal Planet. Maybe Bravo.
Sean K - Mar 02, 2005 8:01:11 am PST #3369 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Animal Planet.
Animal Planet has a thing coming up like Discovery did with CGI-ed dinosaurs, except this new one on AP is going to be about dragons.