Body Count on the Rise on Prime-Time TV

[Thom Little]

The body count in prime-time television these days rivals that of a war zone. The popularity of CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," its spinoffs, imitators and other crime or supernatural shows has made network TV home to an astonishing amount of blood 'n' guts, which has attracted little notice due to a preoccupation with sex.

During the last week of September, there were 63 dead bodies visible during prime time on the six broadcast networks. That's up sharply from the 27 bodies counted during the same week in 2004.

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"All of the media executives are going to pay a lot more attention to what's making them money," said David Walsh, head of the National Institute on Media and the Family. "Their job performance is not going to include `What do parents think of what you're doing?' Their job performance is going to be based on `How much money did you make?'"

Fifteen years ago when he first started talking about the influence of media violence on young people, Walsh said, he had to convince parents it was an issue worth being concerned about. Now he said they need no convincing.



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[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Why do tv shows only report the "bad news"...... sorry. nt.

[FloridaPat]

2. Innoculate people so all those dead in NO and Iraq won't mean

anything. It's the Roman circus with all those lions killing people. Just keep the people entertained and they won't care what goes on around them.