I was sitting on my couch drinking orange juice in my pajamas when I decided to flip the channels. Channel 3: Little Billy has to learn his multiplication tables, so he uses a memory game to memorize them. Channel 15: Sarah’s best friend has gotten a boyfriend so she hangs out with her less and less which makes her upset. Channel 32: Meredith is sleeping with a married man and truly believes that she is in love. His wife, a tall red head beautiful woman, finds out and began to make Meredith’s life a living hell. All televisions shows are meant to entertain in one way or another. Different channels are aimed at different age groups and they differ in what they show and the messages that they send. The three main types of age groups are children,
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Children should not be exposed to things that their parents are not comfortable with them seeing. Children television shows have absolutely no profanity, violence, or derogatory statements. A popular children’s television show is Caliou. Cailou, the main character, is usually seen wearing a yellow shirt with red buttons and blue bottoms. He is a young boy who goes throughout his childhood experiencing things and learning many lessons. All throughout each season of Caliou he is exposed to various types of people and his parents teach him that he must treat them all with respect regardless of what they look like. Children television shows teach real life lessons using kid friendly terms which makes a big difference from those shows for older …show more content…
Shows with ratings like R and TV-MA are intended strictly for more mature audiences, adults. Right now Power is a very popular television show which is featured strictly on the STARZ channel. Nudity and Violence are extremely present all throughout the show. Every character cusses “like a sailor” and has no filter on the things that they say. Ghost is married to Tasha but is also having sex with Angie Valdez. Anytime they have sex they are completely unclothed and it is graphically shown. Tommy Eagan has a happy trigger finger and often shoots people with no hesitation. It is not uncommon to see blood splattered on his face or a bullet in someone’s head. The messages that they send are often not to teach anything specific but to give experiences to relate to. None of these things are appropriate for younger audiences which is why they usually come on special channels or later in the night after most children are
Children should not be exposed to things that their parents are not comfortable with them seeing. Children television shows have absolutely no profanity, violence, or derogatory statements. A popular children’s television show is Caliou. Cailou, the main character, is usually seen wearing a yellow shirt with red buttons and blue bottoms. He is a young boy who goes throughout his childhood experiencing things and learning many lessons. All throughout each season of Caliou he is exposed to various types of people and his parents teach him that he must treat them all with respect regardless of what they look like. Children television shows teach real life lessons using kid friendly terms which makes a big difference from those shows for older …show more content…
Shows with ratings like R and TV-MA are intended strictly for more mature audiences, adults. Right now Power is a very popular television show which is featured strictly on the STARZ channel. Nudity and Violence are extremely present all throughout the show. Every character cusses “like a sailor” and has no filter on the things that they say. Ghost is married to Tasha but is also having sex with Angie Valdez. Anytime they have sex they are completely unclothed and it is graphically shown. Tommy Eagan has a happy trigger finger and often shoots people with no hesitation. It is not uncommon to see blood splattered on his face or a bullet in someone’s head. The messages that they send are often not to teach anything specific but to give experiences to relate to. None of these things are appropriate for younger audiences which is why they usually come on special channels or later in the night after most children are