Censorship / Standards & Practices


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CENSORSHIP

Conceptions of censorship derive from Roman practice in which two officials were appointed by the government to conduct the census, award public contracts and supervise the manners and morals of the people. Today the scope of censorship has been expanded to include most media and involves suppressing any or all parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military and other grounds.

With regard to television in the United States, censorship usually refers to the exclusion of certain topics, social groups or language from the content of broadcast programming. While censorship has often been constructed against the explicit backdrop of morality, it has been implicitly based on assumptions about the identity and composition of the audience for American broadcast television at particular points in time. Different conceptions of the audience held by broadcasters have been motivated by the economic drive to maximize network profits. At times, the television audience has been constructed as an undifferentiated mass.

During other periods, the audience has been divided into demographically desirable categories. As the definition of the audience has changed over time, so has the boundary between appropriate and inappropriate content. At times, different sets of moral values have often come into conflict with each other and with the economic forces of American broadcasting. The moral limits on content stem from what might be viewed as the social and cultural taboos of specific social groups, particularly concerning religious and sexual topics.

During the 1950s and 1960s, the networks and advertisers measured the viewing audience as an undifferentiated mass. Despite the lumping together of all viewers, broadcasters structured programming content around the "normal," dominant, values of white, middle-class Americans. Therefore, content centered around the concerns of the nuclear family. Topics such as racism or sexuality which had little direct impact on this domestic setting were excluded from content. Indeed, ethnic minorities were excluded, for the most part, from the television screen because they did not fit into the networks' assumptions about the viewing audience. Sexuality was a topic allocated to the private, personal sphere rather than the public arena of network broadcasting. For example, the sexual relationship between Rob and Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show during the mid-1960s could only be implied. When the couple's bedroom was shown, twin beds diffused any explicit connotation that they had a physical relationship. Direct references to non-normative heterosexuality were excluded from programming altogether. In addition, coarse language which described bodily functions and sexual activity or profaned sacred words were excluded from broadcast discourse.

However, conceptions about the viewing audience and the limits of censorship changed drastically during the early 1970s. To a large degree, this shift in censorship came about because techniques for measuring the viewing audience became much more refined at that time. Ratings researchers began to break down the viewing audience for individual programs according to specific demographic characteristics, including age, ethnicity, education and economic background. In this context, the baby boomer generation--younger, better educated, with more disposable income--became the desired target audience for television programming and advertising. Even though baby boomers grew up on television programming of the 1950s and 1960s, their tastes and values were often in marked contrast to that of their middle-class parents. Subjects previously excluded from television began to appear with regularity. All in the Family was the predominant battering ram that broke down the restrictions placed on television content during the preceding twenty years. Frank discussions of sexuality, even outside of traditional heterosexual monogamy, became the focal point of many of the comedy's narratives. The series also introduced issues of ethnicity and bigotry as staples of its content. Constraints on the use of profanity began to crumble as well. Scriptwriters began to pepper dialogue with "damns" and "hells," language not permitted during the more conservative 1950s and 1960s.

While the redefinition of the desirable audience in the early 1970s did expand the parameters of appropriate content for television programming, the new candor prompted reactions from several fronts, and demonstrated larger divisions within social and cultural communities. As early as 1973 the Supreme Court emphasized that community standards vary from place to place: "It is neither realistic nor constitutionally sound to read the First Amendment as requiring that people of Maine or Mississippi accept public depiction of conduct found tolerable in Las Vegas or New York City." Clearly such a ruling leaves it to states or communities to define what is acceptable and what is not, a task which cannot be carried out to everyone's satisfaction. When applying community standards, the courts must decide what the "average person, in the community" finds acceptable or not and some communities are clearly more conservative than others. These standards are particularly difficult to apply to television programming which is produced, for economic reasons, to cross all such regional and social boundaries.

In part as a result of these divisions, however, special interest or advocacy groups began to confront the networks about representations and content that had not been present before 1971. For some social groups which had had very little, if any, visibility during the first twenty years of American broadcast television, the expanding parameters of programming content were a mixed blessing. The inclusion of Hispanics, African-Americans, and gays and lesbians in programming was preferable to their near invisibility during the previous two decades, but advocacy groups often took issue with the framing and stereotyping of the new images. From the contrasting perspective, conservative groups began to oppose the incorporation of topics within content which did not align easily with traditional American values or beliefs. In particular, the American Family Association decried the increasing presentation of non-traditional sexual behavior as acceptable in broadcast programming. Other groups rallied against the increased use of violence in broadcast content. As a result, attempts to define the boundaries of appropriate content has become an ongoing struggle as the networks negotiate their own interests against those of advertisers and various social groups. Whereas censorship in the 1950s and 1960s was based on the presumed standards and tastes of the white middle-class nuclear family, censorship in the 1970s became a process of balancing the often conflicting values of marginal social groups.

The proliferation of cable in the 1980s and the 1990s has only exacerbated the conflicts over programming and censorship. Because of a different mode of distribution and exhibition--often referred to as "narrowcasting--cable television has been able to offer more explicit sexual and violent programming than broadcast television. To compete for the viewing audience that increasing turns to cable television channels, the broadcast networks have loosened restrictions on programming content enabling them to include partial nudity, somewhat more graphic violence and the use of coarse language. This strategy seems to have been partially successful in attracting viewers as evidenced by the popularity of adult dramas such as NYPD Blue. However, this programming approach has opened the networks to further attacks from conservative advocacy groups who have increased the pressure for government regulation, i.e. censorship, of objectionable program content.

As these issues and problems indicate, most Americans, because of cherished First Amendment rights, are extremely sensitive to any forms of censorship. Relative to other countries, however, the United States enjoys remarkable freedom from official monitoring of program content. Negative reactions are often expressed toward imported or foreign programs when they do not reflect indigenous norms and values. "Cutting of scenes" is practiced far more in developing countries than in western countries. And Americans may find it interesting to note that even European countries consider exposure to nudity and sex to be less objectionable than abusive language or violence.

Head et al. (1994) point out that the control of media and media content is also related to the type of government in power within a particular country. They identify four types of governmental philosophy related to the issue of censorship; authoritarian, paternalistic, pluralistic and permissive. Of the four types, the first two are more inclined to exercise censorship because they assume they know what is best for citizens. Anything that challenges this exclusive view must be banned or excluded. Since most broadcasting in such countries is state funded, control is relatively easy to impose. Exclusionary methods include governmental control of broadcast stations' licenses, jamming external broadcasts, promoting indigenous programming, imposing restrictions on imported programs, excluding newspaper articles, cutting scenes from films, shutting down printing presses, etc.

Pluralistic and permissive governments allow for varying degrees of private ownership of broadcasting stations. Such governments assume that citizens will choose what they consider best in a free market where competing media companies offer their products. Such an ideal can only be effective, of course, if the competitors are roughly equal and operate in the interests of the public. To maintain this "balance of ideas" in the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established rules which control the formation of media monopolies and require stations to demonstrate they operate in the interests of their audiences' good. Despite such intentions, recent deregulation has disturbed the balance, allowing powerful media conglomerates to dominate the market place and reduce the number of voices heard.

Pluralistic and permissive governments also assume that competing companies will regulate themselves. Perhaps the most well known attempt at self regulation is conducted by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which rates motion pictures for particular audiences. For example, the contents of "G" rated movies are considered suitable for all audiences, "GP" requires parental guidance, "R," "X," and NC17 are considered appropriate for adults. These standards are offered as a guide to audiences and have never been strictly enforced. Parents may take children to see X-rated movies if they so desire.

In the past one of the arguments against censorship has been freedom of choice. Parents who object to offensive television programs can always switch the channel or choose another show. Unfortunately, parental supervision is lacking in many households. In the 1990s this problem, coupled with political and interest group outrage against media producers has opened the possibility of a self imposed television rating system similar to that of the MPAA. To counter conservative criticism and government censorship, producers and the networks have agreed to begin a ratings system which could be electronically monitored and blocked in the home. Thus, parents could effectively censor programming which they found unsuitable for their children while still allowing the networks to air adult-oriented programming.

In the 1970s an early attempt at a similar sort of regulation came when the FCC encouraged the television industry to introduce a "family viewing concept," according to which television networks would agree to delay the showing of adult programs until children were, presumably, no longer among the audience. The National Association of Broadcasters willingly complied with this pressure but in 1979 a court ruled that the NAB's action was a violation of the First Amendment.

In the late 1990s, as networks relaxed corporate restrictions on content in their competition with cable and satellite programming, the early evening hours once again took on special importance. In mid-1996 more than 75 members of the U.S. Congress placed an open letter to the entertainment industry in Daily Variety. The letter called on the creative community and the programmers to provide an hour of programming each evening that was free from sexual innuendo, violence, or otherwise troublesome material. Clearly, the question of censorship in television continues to vex programmers, producers, government officials, and viewers. No immediate solution to the problems involved is apparent.

However, the debate and struggle over censorship of programming will more than likely continue into the next century, as social groups with diverse values vie for increased influence over program content.

-Richard Worringham and Rodney Buxton

 

FURTHER READING

Brown, Les. Television: The Bu$iness Behind the Box. New York: Harvest Book/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971.

Cowan, Geoffrey. See No Evil: the Backstage Battle over Sex and Violence on Television. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.

Cripps, Thomas. "Amos 'n' Andy and the Debate Over American Racial Integration." In O'Connor, John E., editor. American History/American Television: Interpreting the Video Past. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1985.

Head, Sydney, Christopher Sterling, and Lemuel Schofield. Broadcasting in America: A Survey of Electronic Media. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972.7th Edition, Princeton, New Jersey: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.

Marin, Rick. "Blocking the Box." Newsweek (New York), 11 March 1996.

Montgomery, Kathryn C. Target: Prime Time: Advocacy Groups and the Struggle over Entertainment Television. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.

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George Carlin

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William Clotworthy on how standards changed from the '70s to '90s
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Hal Kanter with Emerson College

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Dick Ebersol on censorship issues on Saturday Night Live
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Barbara Eden

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Barbara Eden on the belly button controversy on I Dream of Jeannie
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Jeff Fager on network input into 60 Minutes stories
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Jamie Farr on memorable episodes of The Gong Show with Jaye P. Morgan
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Norman Felton

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Dorothy Fontana

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Tom Fontana

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Tom Fontana on dealing with censorship issues and the head of Broadcast Standards at NBC during his time on Homicide: Life on the Street
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Tom Fontana on writing Oz  with no network censorship 
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Richard Frank

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Tom Freston

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Tom Freston on MTV's Standards & Practices
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Chuck Fries

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Greg Garrison

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Mitzi Gaynor

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Larry Gelbart

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Larry Gelbart on the differences between television in the UK versus the US in the '60s
01:45
Larry Gelbart on balancing CBS's concerns and censorship issues on M*A*S*H -- specifically with the "virgin" episode 
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Larry Gelbart on an infamous script written by Stanley Ralph Ross that was the only one to get rejected by CBS in the entire run of M*A*S*H
00:44

Vince Gilligan

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Vince Gilligan on his interaction with Standards & Practices and what he was able to show on The X-Files versus Breaking Bad - he couldn't show a gun held to a head during a game of Russian Roulette

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Lesli Linka Glatter on directing nude scenes on NYPD Blue
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Lesli Linka Glatter on directing the Freaks and Geeks episode "Kim Kelly Is My Friend," and on the issues Standards & Practices had with the episode
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Whoopi Goldberg

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Whoopi Goldberg on not being allowed to tell Moms Mabley jokes on the American Comedy Awards
02:09

Leonard Goldberg

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Leonard Goldberg on issues with Standards & Practices and complaints from the lead actresses on Charlie's Angels
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Leonard Goldberg on censorship issues on Charlie's Angels
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Leonard Goldberg on fighting Standards & Practices on the incest in the TV movie Something About Amelia
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Julian Gomez

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Julian Gomez on Big Brother and CBS Standards and Practices
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Carl Gottlieb

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Carl Gottlieb on Tom Smothers battling CBS Standards & Practices department over the content of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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Carl Gottlieb on Tom Smothers holding back the master tapes of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour so that they could not be censored by CBS
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Walter E. Grauman

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Walon Green

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Walon Green on NYPD Blue and ABC Standards and Practices
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Larry Hagman

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Skitch Henderson

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Winifred Hervey

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Winifred Hervey on censorship on The Golden Girls
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Arthur Hiller

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Felicity Huffman

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Felicity Huffman on ABC's hands-off approach to American Crime
00:46

Al Jean

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Al Jean on broadcast standards and The Simpsons
02:54

Charles Floyd Johnson

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Charles Floyd Johnson on the "Did You See the Sunrise?" episode of Magnum, P.I. -- an episode that Standards & Practices and sponsors had concerns about
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Charles Floyd Johnson on issues with Standards & Practices on The Rockford Files
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Charles Floyd Johnson on notes from Standards & Practices and the Navy on JAG
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Robert Justman

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Associate producer Robert Justman on notes from Standards & Practices for Star Trek
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Irma Kalish

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Irma and Rocky Kalish on the origin of The Flying Nun as a jewish girl; but the network said they couldn't use the word Jewish
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Rocky Kalish

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Irma and Rocky Kalish on the origin of The Flying Nun as a jewish girl; but the network said they couldn't use the word Jewish
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Hal Kanter

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Elodie Keene

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Elodie Keene on Steven Bochco dealing with network censorship issues surrounding the language and nudity on NYPD Blue
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H. Wesley Kenney

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H. Wesley Kenney on controversial Days of Our Lives storylines and dealing with Standards and Practices
03:37

Michael Patrick King

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Michael Patrick King on the lack of censorship on Sex and the City
02:02

Sid Krofft

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Sid and Marty Krofft on problems with Standards & Practices on H.R. Pufnstuf
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Marty Krofft

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Sid and Marty Krofft on problems with Standards & Practices on H.R. Pufnstuf
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Jack LaLanne

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Jack LaLanne on censorship on The Jack LaLanne Show and words he could not say; on how standards have changed over the years
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Mort Lachman

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Lucy Lawless

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Lucy Lawless on censorship of Xena: Warrior Princess
02:07
Lucy Lawless on the action scenes and censorship of Spartacus
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Norman Lear

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Norman Lear on how William Tankersley, then head of Standards & Practices at CBS, fought him over a line on Maude
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Jim Lehrer

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Sheldon Leonard

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Richard Lewis

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02:33

Jerry Lewis

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Jerry Lewis on creative control on The Colgate Comedy Hour
00:57

Hal Linden

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Hal Linden on dealing with Standards & Practices on Barney Miller
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William Link

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07:55

Daniel Lipman

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Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on how a scene on Sisters where the main characters were discussing orgasms was dealt with by the network
02:38
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on their battles with Standards & Practices on Sisters
01:26
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on the difference between what they could depict in their 1985 made-for-television movie An Early Frost and on Queer as Folk, both of which centered on gay characters
02:02
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on working with NBC Standards & Practices when they were writing the made-for-television movie An Early Frost, which depicted the AIDS crisis,
02:24
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on a scene in their made-for-television movie An Early Frost, which the network wanted to be cut out because it depicted a grandmother kissing her grandson who had AIDS
02:05
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on being told by NBC that they could find another network for Sisters if they made one of the main characters gay, and on another incident of the network pushing back against a storyline involving the father having an affair with an African American woman
02:46
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on how a scene on Sisters where the main characters were discussing orgasms was dealt with by the network
02:38
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on their battles with Standards & Practices on Sisters
01:26
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on the difference between what they could depict in their 1985 made-for-television movie An Early Frost and on Queer as Folk, both of which centered on gay characters
02:02

Barry Livingston

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Barry Livingston on a My Three Sons storyline that co-worker Don Grady disagreed with - separate beds for his married character and his wife
01:50
Barry Livingston on censorship issues with cursing on My Three Sons
00:59

Chuck Lorre

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Chuck Lorre on how Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at the Superbowl changed things on Two and Half Men; on dealing with censorship
01:57

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus on there not being censorship issues in "The Contest" episode of Seinfeld
00:35

Bob Mackie

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Bob Mackie on censorship of designs
03:25

Loring Mandel

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Lorning Mandel on dealing with censorship in his career on the CBS Playhouse episode "Shadow Game"
01:11

Abby Mann

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Abby Mann on dealing with the network over the content of Playhouse 90: "Judgement at Nuremberg"
02:11
Abby Mann on the process of writing, and on sparring with the network over a line about "gas chambers" in Playhouse 90: "Judgement at Nuremberg"
03:11

Delbert Mann

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Delbert Mann on sponsor interference on Tad Mosel's "The Haven" production on Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
01:00

Anita Mann

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Anita Mann on dealing with censorship on Solid Gold, and on witnessing bigotry towards African-American dancers
05:35

Martin Manulis

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Martin Manulis on network and sponsor objections to the Playhouse 90 episode "A Town Has Turned to Dust" (written by Rod Serling), and how they got around them
04:18

Garry Marshall

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Garry Marshall on Jack Paar walking off the set of the Tonight show in 1960
00:20
Garry Marshall on network censorship experienced writing the I Spy episode "No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise" (airdate: November 10, 1965)
02:04
Garry Marshall on network censorship on Happy Days
02:04

Dick Martin

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Dick Martin on dealing with the censors on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
04:38

Richard Matheson

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On being censored from using the word "God" in his scripts on The Twilight Zone, despite the fact that Rod Serling did in his scripts
00:42

Barney McNulty

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Barney McNulty on cue card professionals dealing with censorship
01:24

S. Epatha Merkerson

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S. Epatha Merkerson on censorship on Law & Order
01:19

Burt Metcalfe

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Burt Metcalfe on CBS's edicts about showing blood in M*A*S*H
02:07

David Milch

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David Milch on dealing with the network on NYPD Blue
03:51
David Milch on network interference with NYPD Blue
01:20

JP Miller

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JP Miller on dealing with censorship in his career
03:51

John Moffitt

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John Moffitt on censorship of The Rolling Stones on The Ed Sullivan Show
01:25

Paul Monash

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Paul Monash on dealing with Standards & Practices on Peyton Place, and on planning the stories of the show
04:24

Mary Tyler Moore

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Mary Tyler Moore on restrictions including the objection to her wearing pants on The Dick Van Dyke Show
01:14
Mary Tyler Moore on CBS refusing to allow her character to be a divorcee on The Mary Tyler Moore Show
01:20

Tad Mosel

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Tad Mosel on dealing with network censorship on an NBC adaptation of All the Way Home
01:55

Robert Mott

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Robert Mott on sound effects that couldn't be used on television 
08:42

Michael Moye

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Michael Moye on network notes on The Jeffersons
01:59
Michael Moye on the pilot, initial testing, and network notes for Married...With Children
08:09
Michael Moye on "the Rakolta incident" (so called because a woman named Terry Rakolta complained about content on Married...With Children) and FOX withholding fan mail; on subsequent problems with the network
14:01
Michael Moye on "the lost episode" ("The Camping Episode") of Married...With Children
07:29
Michael Moye on the second "lost episode" of Married...With Children
03:50
Michael Moye on FOX's reaction to his proposed spin-off and leaving Married...With Children
08:41

Jonathan Murray

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Jonathan Murray on censorship on The Real World
02:06

Laraine Newman

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Laraine Newman on the on-air personas of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players on Saturday Night Live  and dealing with NBC Standards and Practices 
03:08

Agnes Nixon

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Agnes Nixon on wanting to write socially relevant stories for soap operas -- writing her first cancer story for Guiding Light and getting resistance from sponsor Procter & Gamble
04:48

Bill Nye

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Bill Nye on censorship on the program - the evolution episode and other run-ins with studio executives
00:50

Ed O'Neill

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Ed O'Neill on censorship issues on Married...With Children and the Terry Rakolta campaign
02:06

Bernie Orenstein

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Bernie Orenstein on issues with Standards and Practices on Sanford and Son
00:43

Marty Pasetta

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Marty Pasetta on directing the controversial final season of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
02:10

Frederick S. Pierce

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Frederick S. Pierce on his relationship with ABC Standards and Practices 
02:16

Jeff Probst

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Jeff Probst on hosting The Jeff Probst Show
11:22

Tim Reid

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Tim Reid on writing the WKRP in Cincinnati episode "A Family Affair" which dealt with race
05:39

Carl Reiner

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Carl Reiner on censorship on Caesar's Hour
00:54
Carl Reiner on problems from Standards & Practices regarding an episode of The New Dick Van Dyke Show in which the daughter walks in on her parents making love
03:27
Carl Reiner on difficulty from Standards & Practices regarding an episode of The New Dick Van Dyke Show about a daughter who walks in on her parents making love
02:01

Rob Reiner

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Rob Reiner on the biggest laughs from the studio audience on All in the Family and on censorship issues with the show
02:52

Del Reisman

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Del Reisman on working with Rod Serling on Playhouse 90, and how censorship there led to his creation of The Twilight Zone
03:07
Del Reisman on how CBS Standards & Practices influenced or shaped the content of Playhouse 90
01:46

John Rich

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John Rich on problems with Standards & Practices on All in the Family
03:23
John Rich on Procter & Gamble and CBS having issues with the "That's My Boy?" episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show
03:51

Joan Rivers

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Joan Rivers on dealing with censorship on television
02:00

Pat Robertson

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Pat Robertson on the Standards & Practices of The Family Channel
02:21

Stanley Ralph Ross

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Stanley Ralph Ross on having trouble with ABC Standards & Practices over a Batman script involving "Catwoman," then played by Eartha Kitt
01:17
Stanley Ralph Ross on having an issue with one of the actors and Standards & Practices on The Kallikaks
03:59

Jay Sandrich

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Jay Sandrich on dealing with network interference on The Mary Tyler Moore Show
01:48

Bob Schiller

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Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on network interference on Maude
01:04

Herbert S. Schlosser

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Herbert S. Schlosser on Saturday Night Live dealing with NBC standards and practices
04:25

Alfred Schneider

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Alfred Schneider on the establishment of the Television Code and its contents
05:58
Alfred Schneider on working in Standards & Practices at ABC
03:11
Alfred Schneider on working with Producer Leonard Goldberg on his TV movie Something About Amelia, which dealt with incest
01:52
Alfred Schneider on his pride in his work on The Day After
01:24
Alfred Schneider on allowing nudity to be shown in The Winds of War
00:43
Alfred Schneider on a controversial episode of Bus Stop ("A Lion Walks Among Us") and how it led to further inquiries into the effects of violence on television
04:13
Alfred Schneider on the difference between how news and entertainment are handled in terms of censorship
02:31
Alfred Schneider on why ABC was able to take a risk on Soap and how the network dealt with the show's depiction of controversial topics
03:03
Alfred Schneider on the decision not to allow two men to kiss on Thirtysomething
01:34
Alfred Schneider on the power of advertisers in decisions made by Standards & Practices
02:19
Alfred Schneider on negotiating the depiction of the controversial subject matter of That Certain Summer
01:43
Alfred Schneider on meeting with special interest groups and handling their concerns about portrayals of certain groups and depictions of controversial topics on television
02:15
Alfred Schneider on regulating portrayals of violence in Roots versus S.W.A.T. and The Six Million Dollar Man
01:55
Alfred Schneider on Producer Danny Arnold throwing him off the set of Barney Miller
01:10
Alfred Schneider on working with Steven Bochco versus working with Aaron Spelling
02:48
Alfred Schneider on how and why portrayals of sexuality and other controversial topics have become more acceptable over time on television
01:49
Alfred Schneider on the role of the government in regulating television content
01:29
Alfred Schneider on the criticism he received over the course of his career and being the "conscience of the company"
01:19

Ralph Senensky

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Ralph Senensky on censorship when directing Breaking Point and "The Bull Roarer" episode in which a young man thinks he might be gay
02:27

Paul Shaffer

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Paul Shaffer on becoming a castmember on Saturday Night Live and accidentally swearing during a live broadcast
05:24

Richard Shapiro

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Richard and Esther Shapiro on writing the made-for-TV movie Intimate Strangers
02:19

Esther Shapiro

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Richard and Esther Shapiro on writing the made-for-TV movie Intimate Strangers
02:19

Mel Shavelson

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Mel Shavelson on writing around NBC Standards and Practices for Bob Hope
03:02
Mel Shavelson on censorship on Bob Hope's radio show
01:28

Sidney Sheldon

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Sidney Sheldon on the lack of network interference when he was working in TV versus what he sees in the industry today (2000); on the status of the business
04:02

Cybill Shepherd

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Cybill Shepherd on problems with ABC Standards & Practices on Moonlighting
00:38

Fred Silverman

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Fred Silverman on M*A*S*H  and how Standards and Practices reacted to the show, and how the concerns differed from those directed at All In The Family
01:02
Fred Silverman on the "family hour" rule, which drove shows like Maude out of the 8:00 PM hour, and on its disruptive effect on the networks' scheduling
02:03
Fred Silverman on Soap causing as much controversy at ABC as All in the Family had caused at CBS
01:00

Sam Simon

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Sam Simon on censorship issues on The Simpsons
04:36

Doris Singleton

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Doris Singleton on censorship on I Love Lucy
00:30

Robert Smigel

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Robert Smigel on the genesis of the Late Night with Conan O'Brien sketch "Masturbating Bear" which writer Brian Reich developed, and on the bear bit being funnier due to the limitations put on it by Standards & Practices
01:40
Robert Smigel on his "TV Funhouse" animated sketch on Saturday Night Live skewering NBC's parent company GE; on getting notes from Standards & Practices at NBC to tweak his "Conspiracy Theory Rock!" sketch; on the sketch airing on SNL just as NBC president Bob Wright happened to be watching; on this sketch never re-airing; on SNL assistant director Robert Caminiti letting Smigel know the sketch had been pulled; on Lorne Michaels' continued support for Smigel's sketches despite the backlash; on the sketch's continued popularity; on J. J. Sedelmaier getting original artists who had worked on the original Schoolhouse Rock to animate "Conspiracy Theory Rock"
05:26

Yeardley Smith

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Yeardley Smith on censorship issues (or the lack thereof) on The Simpsons
02:45

G.E. Smith

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G.E. Smith on the infamous Sinead O'Connor "Pope ripping" incident on Saturday Night Live
02:00

Tom Smothers

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On some of the confrontations they had with CBS and unions regarding the material on The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour
05:45
Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
17:37
Tom and Dick Smothers on CBS' cancellation of The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour for breach-of-contract
03:23
Tom and Dick Smothers on some censored portions of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
03:12
Tom and Dick Smothers on the variety show genre and  working with CBS executives on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
03:13
Tom and Dick Smothers on the free speech of The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour
02:09

Dick Smothers

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Tom and Dick Smothers on some of the confrontations they had with CBS and unions regarding the material on The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour
05:45
Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
17:37
Tom and Dick Smothers on CBS' cancellation of The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour for breach-of-contract
03:23
Tom and Dick Smothers on some censored portions of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
03:12
Tom and Dick Smothers on the variety show genre and  working with CBS executives on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
03:13
Tom and Dick Smothers on the free speech of The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour
02:09

Aaron Spelling

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Aaron Spelling on network interference when writing for Sammy Davis, Jr. on Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater
03:03
Aaron Spelling on fighting the network to get storylines on Dynasty
01:54
Aaron Spelling on creating one of TV's first regular gay characters on Dynasty
01:07

Frank Stanton

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Frank Stanton on his relationship with Senator John O. Pastore, and dealing with censorship
04:58

Darren Star

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Darren Star on controversial storylines on Beverly Hills, 90210, including "Brenda Walsh" sleeping with "Dylan McKay" in the first season's "Spring Dance" episode
04:17
Darren Star on the censorship issues that arose on Melrose Place, particularly involving the character "Matt Fielding," who was gay
03:16
Darren Star on a Sex and the City gag that HBO objected to
01:33
Darren Star on the censorship issues that arose on Melrose Place, particularly involving the character "Matt Fielding," who was gay
03:16

Johnny Stearns

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Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns on incorporating Mary Kay's pregnancy into Mary Kay and Johnny; on what they could and couldn't say on the show
03:02

Mary Kay Stearns

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Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns on incorporating Mary Kay's pregnancy into Mary Kay and Johnny; on what they could and couldn't say on the show
03:02

Jeremy Stevens

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Jeremy Stevens on Charles Rocket saying an expletive live on the air on Saturday Night Live
02:20

Bob Stewart

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Bob Stewart on the Quiz Show Scandals and how it affected game show producers
04:49

Howard Storm

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Howard Storm on Standards and Practices on Mork and Mindy and "bullpucky"

George Sunga

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George Sunga on CBS's reaction to The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
01:15
George Sunga on Harry Belafonte's controversial performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
01:24
George Sunga on diversity and discrimination in television
07:08

George Takei

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George Takei on co-starring in the controversial Twilight Zone episode "The Encounter" (airdate: May 1, 1964)
05:43

William Tankersley

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William Tankersley on how CBS Program Practices handled pregnancy storylines on TV shows in the 1950s
01:00
William Tankersley on becoming the Director of Program Practices at CBS Television City
01:34
William Tankersley on his process as Director of Program Practices at CBS Television City
02:52
William Tankersley on Frank Stanton and William Paley's input on Program Practices at CBS Television City
02:57
William Tankersley on Program Practices' involvement with table reads
01:05
William Tankersley on instances when shows went against the advice of CBS Program Practices
01:30
William Tankersley on how CBS Program Practices handled personal hygiene commercials and storylines on TV shows in the 1950s and '60s
01:12
William Tankersley on how CBS Program Practices handled Civil Rights storylines on TV shows in the 1950s
02:04
William Tankersley on Washington D.C.'s interest in violence on television and dealing with an AFTRA strike
03:59
William Tankersley on how CBS Program Practices handled religious storylines on TV shows in the 1950s
03:43
William Tankersley on how CBS Program Practices handled storylines involving drugs on TV shows in the 1960s
01:34
William Tankersley on CBS' expected limitations of violence on television
07:04
William Tankersley on CBS' guidelines for current affairs and politics on TV in the 1950s
01:35
William Tankersley on his involvement with the CBS loyalty oath and the Hollywood Blacklist
04:59
William Tankersley on CBS Standards & Practices not having many issues with daytime soap operas
02:01
William Tankersley on CBS Standards & Practices having issues with shows paying for commercial plugs
03:16
William Tankersley on CBS Standards & Practices' workings with early TV sponsors
03:05
William Tankersley on how the Quiz Show scandals (which started with NBC shows) affected CBS Standards & Practices
04:29
William Tankersley on being promoted to Vice President of Program Practices at CBS and dealing with advertisers
02:10
William Tankersley on CBS Standards & Practices' problems with advertisers' competitive complaints and false advertising
05:43
William Tankersley on CBS Standards & Practices' workings with Playhouse 90 and The Twilight Zone
06:02
William Tankersley on CBS Standards & Practices' problems with The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour
06:00
William Tankersley on CBS Standards & Practices' interactions with news programs 
02:35
William Tankersley on CBS Standards & Practices work with Norman Lear on All In The Family, (contd.)
06:13

Tony Thomas

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Tony Thomas on dealing with Standards and Practices regarding Soap
00:49
Tony Thomas on battles with Standards and Practices over The Golden Girls
00:59

Marlo Thomas

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Marlo Thomas on ABC wanting to change things in That Girl
01:01
Marlo Thomas on the rules for sexuality on That Girl
02:13
Marlo Thomas on bringing Free to be... You and Me to television and issues of censorship with "William Wants a Doll"
02:14

Stanford Tischler

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Stanford Tischler on censorship issues on M*A*S*H and how decades earlier in the 1950s the word "condominium" was deleted from a script
00:55

Ret Turner

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Ret Turner on how network Standards and Practices affected his wardrobe decisions
03:20

Tony Verna

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Tony Verna on censorship issues with live television
02:24

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner on dealing with Standards and Practices on The Cosby Show
02:11

Keenen Ivory Wayans

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Keenen Ivory Wayans on dealing with censorship on In Living Color and getting around the censors
02:42
Keenen Ivory Wayans on the lost "Colt 45" sketch parodying Billy Dee Williams on In Living Color and on censors
08:39

Bob Weiskopf

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Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on network interference on Maude
01:04

Dawn Wells

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Dawn Wells on proper attire and behavior for the characters on Gilligan's Island according to Standards & Practices
00:40

Tucker Wiard

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Tucker Wiard on dealing with network interference and censorship
00:52

Fred Willard

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Fred Willard on Fernwood 2-Night  "going too far"
03:56

Andy Williams

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Andy Williams on not having interference from Standards & Practices on The Andy Williams Show
01:00

Larry Wilmore

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Larry Wilmore on standards and practices notes for The PJs, and on leaving the show after it switched networks
03:41

Ethel Winant

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Ethel Winant on Playhouse 90's productions of "Portrait of a Murderer" and "Judgement at Nuremberg", and on network and sponsor censorship
09:49

Dick Wolf

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Dick Wolf on dealing with Standards and Practices on Hill Street Blues and his other shows
05:48

David L. Wolper

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David Wolper on fighting for key scenes in Roots
02:15

Frederic Ziv

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Frederic Ziv on standards he used for the content of his programs
01:26

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