PTC: Less Religion on TV This Year

PTC: LESS RELIGION ON TV THIS YEAR
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Parents Television Council says that there were only about half as many treatments of religious topics in broadcast primetime TV in 2005-2006 as there was depicted the year before. But of the ones that were on TV, more (35%) treated religion negatively than positively (34%), according to the PTC staff of reviewers. Reality shows actually had more positive portrayals (60%) than negative, which PTC President Brent Bozell attributed to real people speaking their real minds. In scripted shows, by contrast, 96% of the treatments were negative, PTC said. Bozell said that was the key finding, demonstrating that "when Hollywood [TV writers] write scripts, they attack that which 84% of Americans support." That was a reference to the 84% of adults -- according to a Zogby poll -- who said they were not offended by references to God or the Bible. The NAB was quick to respond that the majority of the year's religious-themed programming is yet to air: Santa Claus is Coming to Town; It's a Wonderful Life; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer...
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