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- The so-called family hour or family viewing policy (also known as the “prime time censorship rule”) mandated that the hours before 9:00 p.m. should be used only for shows that were appropriate for all ages.
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Jun 11, 2015 · The so-called family hour or family viewing policy (also known as the “prime time censorship rule”) mandated that the hours before 9:00 p.m. should be used only for shows that were...
The Family Viewing Hour was a policy established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States in 1975. Under the policy, each television network in the U.S. bore a responsibility to air "family-friendly" programming during the first hour of the prime-time lineup (8 to 9 p.m. Eastern Time ).
1. The family viewing policy has also been called the "family hour,- the -9:00 rule," and the "prime time censorship rule." Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. v. FCC. 423 F. Supp. 1064. 1072 (C.D. Cal. 1976). 2. NATIONAL ASS'N OF BROADCASTERS, THE TELEVISION CODE 2-3 (18th cd. 1975), quoted in
Oct 20, 1993 · The Family Hour: a bad idea whose time may have come. ... "It was a thinly veiled fig leaf for government censorship." ... The Family Hour doesn't have to be a rule of law. It can just be, well, a ...
Dec 7, 1975 · The Family Viewing Hour in not only censorship, it is censorship haphazardly imposed, because, argue the critics, the whole policy is an empty public relations gesture.
Nov 5, 1976 · LOS ANGELES, Nov.3—Federal District Judge Warren J. Ferguson ruled today that a television network's “family hour” agreement banning programs containing violence and sexual...
Apr 10, 1975 · The period for “family viewing time” consists of the first hour of network service in prime time and the local hour preceding it. Approximately two‐thirds of the television stations in...
