When it comes to the MSM, I am usually pretty fond of the CTV when comparing them to other choices out there. However, I woke up this morning to watch my recording of the Daily Show/Colbert Report and forgetting to skip through a commercial I noticed one for the new Tina Fey/Alec Baldwin TV show called 30 Rock.
I like Alec Baldwin in straight faced comedic roles, and being Greek, I am also a big fan of Tina Fey and her writing for Saturday Night Live. I have no beef with the show or the actors.
But in the commercial, there is a clip of Alec Baldwin saying:
Five inches … but it’s thick
It is obviously meant to be a wisecrack about the size of the rise in his Levis.
As the commercial was being aired on a late night program, I smiled at the overall commercial and thought that I will probably enjoy this show.
And then they announced the time this show would air.
730pm EST, 10 Central.
730pm? Are they serious? It reminded me of hearing the term “Cleveland Steamer” on The Family Guy, a show no child should be allowed to watch.
What’s going on with TV these days? It seems that sexual innuendo has taken over every single comedy out there.
I’m all for good parenting and I keep a close eye on the TV shows my kids watch, but I just have to say that I am disappointed at the CTV for airing a show with comments like the one above at a pre 8pm time slot. Call me a prude but shows with comments like that shouldn’t be on before 9 or 10pm.
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What bothers me is all the people I know, that use the TV as a baby sitter. Parental responsibility becomes more important as sexual mores slide down the slippery slope. I’m careful what my kids watch and hats off to anyone else that does too! Better yet go outside and throw a football or play tag or hide & seek or road hockey with your kid!
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Currently the most successful Canadian television show (comedy or drama) is Corner Gas. Our previous best performers were the Red Green Show and Due South. Amazingly they are all clean shows. I am not sure where this idea comes from that to be succesful you have to be raunchy. From where I stand it all boils down to most of these smut-producers realize they do not have enough talent to compete with American productions so they try attract viewers with lurid trash.