December 15, 2005

Kids Voice Top Ten Concerns About Television to Linda Ellerbee and Nick News

Nickelodeon has announced they will air "Ten Things Wrong With Television" on Sunday, Dec. 18, 8:30 P.M. (ET/PT) hosted by Linda Ellerbee. According to Yahoo News:

Ellerbee and Nick News surveyed kids across the country about what bothers them about television and posted their responses on http://www.NickNews.com. In their responses, kids said the following things bothered them: TV stereotypes people; too much sex, violence and bad language; TV news is biased; so many channels and nothing to watch; TV shows don't reflect real life; TV makes me feel bad about myself; and TV news is too negative and scary; and there are too many commercials. The order of the kids' concerns will be revealed in the episode.

The sad thing is if you've watched Nickelodeon lately, you'll notice that they're starting to cross the line on many of the issues that kids mention. I can't help but feel that this show is designed to make parents think Nickelodeon is protecting their kids but I'm not so sure about that.

At YahooNews.com