From:      Melanie Taylor <melanie@denali.gsfc.nasa.gov>
To:        A16.A16(kidstv)
Date:      9/8/95 2:41pm
Subject:   Comment - Kid's TV programming

Hello.

Your webpage suggested we write about our 'likes' & 'dislikes',
etc.
So, here are a few comments...
 
   PBS programming is just about all there is for kids on regular
TV.  :(

   We enjoy programs like Ghostwriter and Carmen Sandiego.  We do
watch 
   all of the StarTrek series.  Some others that are acceptable
are Doogie
   Houser reruns and Saved by the Bell.  I'm constantly having to
tell my 
   10 year old to turn off programs like Baywatch.  90210 is
borderline.

   The worst are adult cartoon shows like the Simpsons.  Kids
think they
   should be able to watch them just because of the cartoon
format, but the
   shows are garbage.  It does nothing but teach kids about how
to behave 
   in an unacceptably crude manner.  

   I think I was most horrified when I saw an advertisement for a
late-night
   (very much) adult movie; It was aired during the Sesame Street
morning 
   hour.  Why was this horribly innappropriate advertisement
shown to little
   pre-schoolers?  :(


Thanks for listening.  :)
Melanie Taylor in MD