PTC points out that s when Detroit housewife, Terry Rakolta, made headlines with her protests to the sponsors of Fox s Married With Children. Programming indeed tends to change as the evening progresses. Tune in at 9 for silly double entendres, at 10 for heavy breathing. But viewers in 1989 hadn t seen anything yet. By the mid- 90s, even casual observers had to notice that sex and foul language were becoming more common not only at 10 p.m. and 9 p.m., but also at 8 p.m., as networks began to schedule shows like Melrose Place, Friends and The Nanny in the first full hour of prime time.
Television is everywhere.
There is a television set in 98 percent of American homes. Seventy-five percent of U.S. households have more than one an average of 2.89. This means there are approximately 235 million television sets in American homes. That s almost one for every viewer. And these TVs are being watched.