Worst Show of the Week: The Following
Hollywood has frequently been accused of romanticizing violence, but few works have been so deliberate about doing so as Fox’s new series The Following. Awash in blood, gore, and allegories to the...
View ArticleWorst Show of the Week: Criminal Minds
In an interview in New York Magazine from September 2012, Mandy Patinkin railed against the show Criminal Minds, which he starred in from 2005-2007: “The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I...
View ArticleWorst Show of the Week: Academy Awards
Once, the Academy Awards were a truly national event – a time when many families (including children) gathered in front of the TV to watch Hollywood’s best and brightest receive well-deserved accolades...
View ArticleWorst Show of the Week: The Cleveland Show
One week after exposing adult Hollywood actors to his horrendously racist and sexist “humor” during his performance as host of the 85 th Academy Awards telecast – thereby drawing outraged comments from...
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Family Guy: Hypocrisy on Display
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane delights in exploiting tragedy for the sake of “humor.” Just last week, Family Guy depicted half of lead character Peter Griffin’s head being blown off — immediately...
View ArticleViewer Response to VMAs Shows Demand for Cable Choice
The Federal Communications Commission has received over 150 complaints about MTV’s recent Video Music Awards – clear proof that audiences are tired of paying for programming they do not support. Back...
View ArticleADHD Returns — with More Disgusting Content
After months of reruns, the Fox broadcast network’s ADHD returned with some original programming last week. Unfortunately, the new content was just as bad as the old. Modeled on (and from the creator...
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Seth MacFarlane Remembers Newtown
A child shot in the head. This is how Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane remembered the anniversary of the school shooting in Newtown last Sunday night. No wonder the December 15th episode of Fox’s...
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Television Deluges Viewers with Violence
(5th in a Series about Media Violence) Last week, we warned you about the return of NBC’s Hannibal – a prime-time TV series, airing on the publicly-owned airwaves at 10:00 p.m. ET (only 9:00 p.m. in...
View ArticleSetting the Record Straight on “Reign”
Don Kaplan of the New York Daily News wrote about our criticism of the CW network for giving children online access to a more sexually explicit version of last week’s episode of “Reign.” By adding in...
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Worst TV Show of the Week: Family Guy on Fox
For unbelievably graphic sexual language and gory violence, Fox’s Family Guy is the Worst TV Show of the Week. Last fall was the final broadcast of the Fox network’s “Animation Domination” Sunday...
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Worst TV Show of the Week: Stalker on CBS
For being one of the bloodiest, most sexist, and most exploitative shows on TV, the Wednesday, November 12th episode of CBS’ Stalker (10:00 p.m. ET) deserves recognition for being the Worst TV Show of...
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Worst TV Show of the Week: Reign on CW
For crassly exploiting the tragedy of rape for the purposes of “entertainment,” the December 4th episode of CW’s Reign is the Worst TV Show of the Week. When CW’s historical “drama” Reign premiered in...
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Worst TV Show of the Week: Family Guy on Fox
For polluting the public airwaves with ignorant, hate-filled, anti-Christian bigotry at Christmas, the Sunday, December 7th episode of Fox’s Family Guy is the Worst TV Show of the Week. If, a week...
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Worst TV Show of the Week: Family Guy on Fox
For women-hating, sexualized dialogue, the Sunday, January 11th episode of Fox’s Family Guy (9:00 p.m. ET) is the Worst TV Show of the Week. The episode opens with the Griffin family watching TV. Out...
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Worst TV Show of the Week: Two and a Half Men on CBS
As proven by its January 29th episode, its cast of morons, and its ocean of tired, tawdry, and insipid sex gags, 12 years after it began CBS’ Two and a Half Men is still the Worst TV Show of the Week....
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Worst TV Show of the Week: Family Guy on Fox
Are child molestation and statutory rape funny? Fox thinks so. That is the inescapable conclusion given the Sunday, February 8th episode of Fox’s Family Guy (9:00 p.m. ET) — the Worst TV Show of the...
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Worst TV Show of the Week: Family Guy on Fox
For the second week in a row, Fox’s Family Guy centered on children having sex – which explains why the program deserves recognition for being the Worst TV Show of the Week. As we’ve previously noted,...
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Worst TV Show of the Week: Two and a Half Men on CBS
After twelve years of shoving raunchy, sexually explicit “humor” into American living rooms, CBS’ Two and a Half Men is no more. In celebration, the program’s February 19th series finale has been named...
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Worst Cable TV Show of the Week: Victoria’s Secret Swim Special on CBS
For promoting the sexualization of women, CBS’ Thursday, February 26th airing of the Victoria’s Secret Swim Special (10:00 p.m. ET) is the Worst TV Show of the Week. A montage introducing the models...
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