Protect us, oh local CBS affiliate
December 6th, 2005Local CBS affiliate protecting us from evil. Check out the poll. SWEET.
I know it might seem I have it in for these guys. I don’t. But they keep teeing them up… o
Local CBS affiliate protecting us from evil. Check out the poll. SWEET.
I know it might seem I have it in for these guys. I don’t. But they keep teeing them up… o
i really don’t understand where you are from. at all. maybe you should create a ‘how to’ guide for the utah foreigner.
I am a “pornographer” to most, and even I think the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show should NOT be in Primetime. CBS is free TV. Kids can tune in without “parental guidance”. Such things should not be made available to children. Ever.
I like how the poll results display like penises enlarging.
I like how KUTV basically tries to make itself a “Get out of Jail Free” card by saying, “We are owned by CBS, We have to show it! It’s not our fault! Promise. Please don’t be hatin’ on us, Mormon-dom!”
Donovan,
Aren’t people responsible for monitoring what their children watch? Why should the entire adult population have their viewing choices mandated by what someone thinks is okay for their six year old?
Ruthie,
I am not for censorship of any sort. And parents should indeed monitor what their children watch. But CBS is a free network channel. I don’t find it unreasonable that parents have an expectation for their children to be able to watch a network station unsupervised during prime time. If it must run during Primetime, move it to cable.
Just my two cents.
Well I guess in a state where people wear ’sacred’ longjohns the Powers That Be may be worried people will be inspired to take scissors to their holy coverings and make thongs and peek-a-boo bras but really they should get a grip.
If anyone has a right to be offended by Victoria’s Secret it’s members of Overeaters Anonymous and Weight Watchers who may actually feel degraded or at least unhappy at the sight of those gorgeous bodies shakin’ it without anything actually shaking… oh and people like me who are never able to find a sexy bra in an A cup.
Yo Donovan – This show didn’t air until 8 PM – kids who are too young to see women dress similarly to how they dress on the beach should be in bed by then. (Mine were.) And my kids don’t get TVs in their rooms, so they’ll never be able to watch TV unsupervised.
Megan – You think you have problems! Try finding a sexy bra in a DD! Those look like they are made by the military!
Amy – if only we could all split the difference and together be happy mediums… but us ‘abnormal sizes’ must deal with being seen as either children or tanks, while a bunch of fools are out there worrying about the effect the cute bras are having on their kiddies…
If Victoria’s Secret should air in Prime Time/Late Night, then so should all the bazillion commercials for tampons, pads, yeast infection cures and Viagra. Now THAT’S offensive!
Not that it matters – last night hubby and I decided to save water (after we tucked in our oldest) and have a shower together (gasp!). My oldest likes the bathroom light on, and since we had to close the bathroom door (ahem), hubby put the hall light on instead. My oldest shouted, “I’m not even going to ASK what that is about!” Kids aren’t stupid.
Okay I’m totally off topic – but there are MANY shows that show women in their underwear/bathing suits – why should VS be any different?
Parents, just be parents already.
I think we all have a moral obligation to go there and vote Primetime right now.
If it helps, the CBS affiliate in Houston, where I live, also pre-empted the primetime showing of the fashion show, and moved it to 1 am. Bah Hum Bug!! These affiliates must be run by men who have wives to tell them how to program the station.
AAP
Holy Crap that’s funny! Boobies and Butts and Thighs – Oh My!
Who cares about the children. They could see more nudity on MTV anyway.
Why do WE have to be subjected to this crap. I mean c’mon, a fashion show? Let’s call it what it is – a two hour commercial for cheap, uncomfortable lingerie.
what the?
why did they even conduct a poll? when i clicked “show in primetime”, the resuts showed me that 43% of poll takers agreed.
then i read the little blurb at the bottom that says that they won’t even be showing it till after 12:30!
don’t ask me my opinion and then disregard what i have to say. urgh!
anyhoo, the Vickie’s ‘fashion show’ was on after The Amazing Race here in boston last night…at 10pm. no one who has kids lets them stay up till 10 on a school night, so the argument Donovan is making is moronic at best.
speaking of the amazing race, i loved how the uberchristian family (who i hate) complained that they didn’t know anything about utah and that they hate it…until the mom (who is BRILLIANT!-not) said “i know one thing about utah. mormons live here!” to which one of the daughters responded “are you sure?”
Oh jeeze…women in lingerie will certainly be the downfall of civilization!!
I caught the beginning of the VS fashion show last night after The Amazing Race as well. I think 10pm is suitable…for sure.
And yes…the Weaver’s (pseudochristians if you ask me) are so irritating. I’m rooting for the other two teams.
At least Provo/Orem/Pleasantville isn’t running the entire state. Wasn’t it about a year or so ago when a bunch of prudes organized to protest the naughty pictures in the windows of the VS at the Orem mall? I was so embarrased for them. No…strike that. I was more pissed actually.
It’s fine if everyone wants to run around with clotes down to their ankles and wrists. They just need to understand that *they* are the weird ones, or “peculiar people” as they like to say.
In most of the rest of the world boobs are on display (GASP) sans lingerie and IN PUBLIC!
If kids are still up at 10 p.m. on a school night (which is when the show is on), as a ex-teacher I would have a real issue with that.
Besides, the underwear shown on the VS show is no worse that anything kids can see during a commerical break during the day or if Britney Spears or any other tween star is on. Not to mention what they’d see on MTV (but that’s another issue)
This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine. It bothers me that you can see maggots writhing in a corpse’s brain in primetime (actual scene from CSI that I caught before fleeing, shrieking), but you can’t see women in their underwear. You know, for the children. Because which one is more disturbing for them? GOD.
I’m a big believer in the more you try to hide things from children and act as if it doesn’t exist the more curious they become, hence experimentation and desire to rebel. Kids and teenagers see more nudity on a beach, in magazines and on mtv than they will ever see on the VS fashion show. Bras and underwear will not be the downfall of society. Everyone just needs to lighten up, and if their children are too young to see the kind of material shown in primetime (a time of night when kids really should already be in bed) then don’t turn on the channel. Now bring on the uncomfortable yet pretty lingerie.
Oh My God!!!! Lingerie, body parts…. how offensive…
Give me a freakin’ break!!
I guarantee you, most young kids have seen “worse”. It actually surprises me sometimes what the little ones really do know. The thing that bugs me about this is to me it seems like people are teaching their kids to think that there is something bad about human bodies, that we need to hide them and cover them up. I’m not like a nudist freak or anything, but the kind of attitude about hiding our bodies is what is screwing some kids up majorly. It reminds me of people freaking out when their kids discover their “private parts” and then are curious and touch them. Then the parents yell at them and tell them that’s bad. Is that really going to be good for a child’s growth, development and self-esteem? NO!
Lets face it, kids that are old enough to be up at the time the fashion show was on have definitely seen more suggestive things on those pretty little pop tarts shaking it on MTV.
I see I’m in the minority here. For what it’s worth, here’s my take on it.
I have absolutely nothing against taking my kids to a museum and letting them view statues where there is nudity. Why? Because it’s art and tastefully displayed. No sexual meaning behind it.
Having said that, there’s a BIG differnce in statues of art and the VS program. It’s lingerie, which is made for adults to attract others in a sexual manner. There’s a difference between art and smut.
I know, I know parents should monitor their children. But guess what? Sometimes they are over at a relatives house and see things they shouldn’t because the parent is cooking or left the room. It happened to my child. She doesn’t go over there anymore but the damage is done. What did she watch? The history of sex on the discovery channel. Oh yeah. Her cousin had turned it on when his mom left the room.
Come on, let’s keep kids, kids for a little while longer. Are adults so friggin’ selfish that they can’t wait a couple of hours to watch half naked women? Or to have to order it on a pay channel?
I’m not bothered in the least by the semi-nudity aspect of the fashion show or the time of day it’s shown.
What I find troublesome is the show’s objectification of the “perfect” woman’s body. Just read the comments posted here by women, bemoaning the skin God put them in. I feel that is the bigger issue at hand.
This isn’t just a bash on Victoria’s Secret, but rather, our cultureís narrow view of beauty as a whole.
Yeah, nudity, THAT’S what we need to protect our kids from.
Amy~
Lane Bryant has Victoria Secret style bra’s in DD. Only place I can find them!