Just when you think the entertainment industry can’t sink much lower they surprise you by discovering even deeper muck to wade into. And it would be bad enough if the filth they keep churning out was only available to “consenting adults.” But the crap has become so pervasive it’s almost impossible to prevent even very young children from being exposed to it.
The latest? X-rated cartoons – on the Fox network. As CNS reports, last weekend Fox started airing ~
… a number of animated shows that contain sexually explicit and profanity-laced content never before shown on network television during its “Animation Domination High-Def” (ADHD) programming block.
The X-rated cartoons, some of which feature full frontal nudity and cartoon characters engaging in sexual activity, are modeled after Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim” and will also be available on the internet.
The Parents Television Council (PTC) is fighting back with an action alert; getting the message out to concerned parents and grandparents, and making sure Fox and the show’s sponsors hear from offended consumers. CNS talked to PTC’s director of public policy Dan Isett;
… the programming contain(s) some “adult-oriented material, certainly raunchy and inappropriate for an awful lot of audiences and frankly beyond the pale. It’s not really material that we’ve really seen produced by a mainstream media company before.”
Along with clips from the shows available unfiltered online, two of the shows, ‘Axe Cop’ and ‘High School USA’, are slated to premier Saturday evening with others following in the future. Shows that are already produced and distributed online contain full (male and female) frontal nudity, decomposing bodies, and numerous characters engaging in sexual activity, including one character using his genitalia to hit women.
Isett warned that FOX intends to move the programming into an earlier time slot. “They’ve made [it] clear that they want to move this material into primetime. So, some people might say, ‘Oh, well, what’s the big deal? It’s going to air at 10 o’clock at night, [so] kids shouldn’t be in the audience,’ but there are two major problems.
“One is that obviously, you have time-shifted programming (which means) the stuff could be recorded then viewed anytime; and second is that the network has made (it) very clear that they want to move this type of material into primetime where it will have a potential audience of tens of millions of children.”
ADHD programs have titles that give little hint of the shows’ graphic content, such as ‘My Little Cowboys’ and ‘Scientifically Accurate Ninja Turtles.’ These titles, along with the two shows airing Saturday, are what (Tim) Winter (PTC president) says is part of a slick move by FOX to attract a younger audience than claimed.
The producers and sponsors of these shows are truly sick. Is there anything they wouldn’t promote for the almighty dollar? We really need to tell them enough already.
To support PTC and register your disgust with Fox go HERE.
“Fox is hoping to expand its success with animated comedies beyond Sunday nights and sees Saturday latenight as a fertile ground for seeding new concepts.” ~ Variety online
Indeed.
Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin,
it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck,
and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
~ Matt 18:6 ~
Related:
Warning to parents: ‘These are not the cartoons you grew up with’
