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  1. Terry Lynn Rakolta (née Stern) is an American former anti-obscenity activist, best known for leading a boycott against the Fox Broadcasting Company sitcom Married... with Children in 1989. Life and family. Rakolta is a resident of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

  2. Mar 27, 2018 · How an activist named Terry Rakolta tried—and failed—to convince Middle America to stop watching “Married … With Children.” She might have saved Fox.

  3. Apr 23, 2024 · With Children would gain more attention than it ever had when a protective mother from Michigan, Terry Rakolta, launched a one-person moral crusade against Married…

  4. Apr 11, 2021 · Sagal noted the show drew in such big ratings in part because it was watched by those who loved it and hated it, highlighting Terry Rakolta, who famously crusaded to get the show canceled.

  5. Rakolta was outraged that a "Married… With Children" episode implied nudity and had raunchy jokes. She started a boycott campaign, and the network reacted pretty strongly.

  6. Jul 29, 2022 · The viewer, woman named Terry Rakolta, was shocked and started writing to the sitcom's sponsors, threatening to start a boycott against them if they didn't pull their support.

  7. In 1989, Michigan housewife Terry Rakolta organized a boycott against this family insult comedy, deeming it offensive, raunchy and sleazy. Curious viewers tuned in, agreed with her—and...

  8. Feb 16, 1990 · One year ago, a Michigan mom named Terry Rakolta made front-page headlines for her campaign against the Fox network’s rude sitcom Married… With Children . Rakolta had complained to 42 of the...

  9. Jul 22, 1989 · Terry Rakolta, the Michigan housewife who rocked the television industry last season by encouraging advertisers to boycott Fox Broadcasting’s “Married . . .

  10. Mar 2, 1989 · In an interview the Michigan woman, Terry Rakolta, said she had objected to the program because of its ''blatant exploitation of women and sex and anti-family attitudes.''

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