Fox Rules

by **adidas** on Fri May 03, 2002 4:01 am

CNN

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox's plan to air a prime-time special on the selection of a Playboy centerfold next week has drawn the ire of conservative groups urging the network to think twice about showing it.

The two-hour show, "The Girl Next Door: The Search for a Playboy Centerfold," is scheduled for 8 p.m. on May 10.

"It's men victimizing women for the sake of money and ratings," said Jan LaRue, chief counsel of Concerned Women for America. CWA is one of seven groups, including the Christian Coalition and Focus on the Family, that protested the show in a letter to Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox's parent News Corp.

A Fox spokesman, Scott Grogin, said on Wednesday, "We respect all of our viewers' rights to their opinions. If this is a show they don't like or feel is appropriate, please don't watch." {This is the best thing I've ever heard of a TV exec saying}

The special, during a "sweeps" month where ratings are watched closely to set advertising rates, focuses on a dozen women flown to Los Angeles to pursue their dreams of becoming a centerfold.

Playboy puts the women up in an estate, and follows them "sunbathing by the pool (and) primping for photo shoots." The women are treated to Hollywood shopping sprees and evenings out at restaurants and clubs.

At the end, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner selects one for a centerfold shoot.

On its face, the program appears to be a cross between ABC's popular "The Bachelor" series and its Victoria's Secret fashion show aired last November. The Victoria's Secret special prompted a Federal Communications Commission investigation that ruled it didn't violate broadcast standards for decency.

LaRue said she was concerned the special would encourage men to treat women as sex objects and sends a dangerous message to girls.

"It communicates to 12- and 13-year-old girls that this is what you have to do to be attractive to men," she said. "It dehumanizes, it objectifies and it is a gateway to hard-core pornography."

The special is airing on a Friday, normally one of the least popular nights for television viewing, but a big one for males.

Some of the same groups last month complained to the FCC about Fox's "Boston Public," saying the classroom drama is heavy on sexual topics, particularly for a program airing it what used to be known as television's family hour.

Fox defended "Boston Public" and series creator David E. Kelley, saying "we're proud to have it on our air."

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Ummm, so what's the problem again here? Sounds to me like the only problem is that it's on Fox so all it's really going to be is a big tease [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

I hate whiners... can you believe SEVEN groups complained about this?

by **Pdaimaoh** on Fri May 03, 2002 10:33 am

all those bastards that tried to sue Disney over Fantasia...

agreed that it is one of the best things ever said by a television executive

if you don't like it FUCK OFF YOU ANNOYING BASTARDS
you don't want it to warp your little teen daughter's view of herself or the world? don't fuckin let your kids watch it you fuckoffs!

the rest of us normal people wanna watch the hottie chicks, and if you were fuckin smart at all, you'd realize it's our very instinct to want the healthiest hottest mates! so instead of trying to say 'being fat and fugly is okay' and thinking someday it'll all be like that, maybe chuck down a dose of REALITY and tell your kid to fuckin get the fuck in shape and stay the fuck in shape

dumbasses, the lot of 'em!

btw, time for my 'sexual objectification of womeon' rant, again

this sort of thing enforces bisexuality in women
why would this show merely make MEN see women as objects of sex? that is completely baseless
if you have a theory that supports THAT feature, then it surely supports the feature that OTHER WOMEN viewing it will begin to see OTHER WOMEN as sex objects!

I'm all for that, of course...

bring on the centerfold wannabes!!!!!

by **adidas** on Fri May 03, 2002 4:12 pm

What I find strange is that these people complain about shows like this making women into sex objects, yet the women in the show have no problem with it. I'm sure there are some women involved in the production as well. So some women support this type of thing, yet the 'groups' act as if they represent 100% of the female population

"this sort of thing enforces bisexuality in women"

No problem with that here....

by **were** on Fri May 03, 2002 4:44 pm

rosie admits she is gay on TV (we ALL suspect she si before) and i see nobody banning her show....

..then again, i believe THIS IS her last season.

that "next door" is on prime-time.It wouldn't be a problem up here..they can say "shit" on TV after 8 or 9 p.m. Over in england, i believe they say it ALL the time (well, watchin those SHOWCASE shows anyway)

by **Damian** on Fri May 03, 2002 9:59 pm

Nah, we have a 9PM watershed. Then you can see it all except for sex and erectile tissue.

by **were** on Sat May 04, 2002 5:03 pm

eriticle tissue?((shivers))

they just cant say "fuck", but shit is fine an dbastard,asshole, adn sometimes you" dick".

guess fuck is too sexual!?