(S)EX, (L)ANGUAGE AND (V)IOLENCE--AT HOME

(S)EX, (L)ANGUAGE AND (V)IOLENCE--AT HOME

It's a familiar TV gimmick: Watch the characters' eyes, not their lips. Though the television industry claims to still be in negotiations with Washington over a new rating system, it is ready to consent to Washington's wishes. ABC, CBS, FOX and cable are ready to make the most likely fix, adding (S)ex, (L)anguage and (V)iolence to the current system, but only when Congress offers some sort of assurance that this is the last campaign in the ratings war. "This really is a Kabuki dance in so many ways; my lips are saying no, but my eyes are saying yes," sighs Bill...

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