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PTC Study Shows Sex, Violence, and Foul Language Increased 52% on Reality TV Genre Since 2000: "'This study confirms what we all knew to be true. Reality shows are scraping the bottom of the barrel and are sending young viewers all the wrong messages,' said PTC President Brent Bozell. 'These shows encourage voyeurism by filming contestants in intimate situations. They also contain some of the vilest language imaginable. The networks must be held accountable for the dangerous and irresponsible messages they routinely broadcast on these reality programs.'
Major Findings:
During our study period of 114.5 hours of reality television, there was an alarming 1,135 instances of foul language, 492 instances of sex, and 30 instances of violence for a total of 1,657 instances of offensive content.
There was an average of 14.5 instances of offensive content per hour. This represents a 52.6% increase from the per-hour rate of offensive content on broadcast reality shows in 2002.
There were 199 bleeped uses of the f-word on reality shows included in this analysis, making it the most commonly used profanity on broadcast reality programs.
The two worst broadcast reality shows overall were CBS's Big Brother 4, with 41.8 instances of objectionable content per hour, and the WB's The Surreal Life, with 37.5 instances per hour.
Reality series airing on the WB and UPN had the highest average levels of offensive content, with 25.4 and 24.2 instances of offensive content per hour, respectively. "