In all, TV characters talk about sex or display sexual behavior 15 times an hour, or once every four minutes. I wonder if the police would not forbid it, fearing that the whole country would become mentally deranged if it were used. Charles Colson, Against the Night , p. 41. Hollywood really is different from the rest of the country. A survey of 104 top television writers and executives found that their attitudes toward moral and religious questions aren't shared by their audience.
Religion is virtually invisible on network television, a recent study concludes.
Scholars from three universities who monitored 100 prime-time TV shows aired by ABC, NBC, CBS, and the Fox Network determined that references to religion rarely appear on the screen, and when they do, religious beliefs or practices are seldom presented in a positive light. Skill said ABC showed the greatest respect toward religious behavior, while Fox most often ridiculed religion or linked it to humor. Intercessors for America Newsletter , Vol. 15, No. 6, June, 1988. The A.C. Nielson Co., which measures television audiences and their behavior, revealed that in the average American home the television set is on six hours and fourteen minutes per day.