No, this doesn't automatically make either network a safe haven for children. No surprises in either case. Reading the guide's entries is at once enlightening and depressing. Almost every page contains similar descriptions. Meanwhile, back in the real world, 1.5 million unwed teenagers become pregnant every year.
Some shows straddle the fence.
To suggest that half a loaf is better than none speaks volumes about the state of television today. Not long ago a colleague showed me a television schedule from the fall of 1971. To see what passes for entertainment on prime time television today is to wonder how we allowed this cultural meltdown to occur before our very eyes. Reprinted by permission of L. Brent Bozell and Creators Syndicate.