Cable can add to the violence by rerunning old shows and the showing of more violent new ones.
Many popular R-rated films available on video contain far more violence than seen on commercial television. Two large meta analysis studies have been conducted on research linking media violence to aggression in children. Second, exposure to violent programming not only increases aggressive behavior, but is associated with lower levels of prosocial behavior. Academic Press, 1986. Huesmann, L.R. Violence in the mass media, paper presented at the Third International Conference on Film Regulation, London, England, 1992.