It seems that no matter what time of day it is or what channel you pick, television shows are packed with violence. For example, the talk show hosted by Jerry Springer has more exchanges of punches and chairs than words between its guests. Many of the news channels show footage of some violent act that has taken place, rather than showing important news which would be more beneficial to the audience that watches these news channels. Many news shows, such as Hardcopy or Inside Edition, are suppose to be informing the public or trying to help their with there problems. Instead, it seems like these news shows are more concerned with packing as much violence as they can between each commercial break.
Movies are guilty of the same offense as the news channels.
When movies are shown on television, previews of upcoming violence are shown before they go to a commercial break. Channel eleven showed a Steven Segeal movie on television one night. As the show went to a commercial, they showed a preview of what scenes were to follow. So many people were killed in the preview that I had trouble counting them. Shows today have more violence in them than quality or substance.