Ethics in Entertainment Television

Feature films with graphic content shown on premium channels were competing with prime-time network fare and pushing the limits of what was acceptable on the home screen. In "The Network Executive Did It," Tom Mascaro examines a particular episode of Law & Order in which a programming...

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Published in:The journal of popular film and television 2004-01, Vol.31 (4), p.146-148
Main Author: Watson, Mary Ann
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Broadcasting industry
Downey, Morton Jr
Ethics
Industry
Motion picture industry
Television
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Summary:Feature films with graphic content shown on premium channels were competing with prime-time network fare and pushing the limits of what was acceptable on the home screen. In "The Network Executive Did It," Tom Mascaro examines a particular episode of Law & Order in which a programming executive is convicted of manslaughter for ordering the events that led to the death of a participant in a reality TV series. Egan's interviews with key creative decision makers of prime time, such as David Wolper, Grant Tinker, Chris Carter, and Jim Burrows, help us appreciate the intersection of theory and practice. The advent of commercial television after World War II brought high expectations among black opinion leaders that the racist portrayals of African American characters on radio would be reversed.
ISSN:0195-6051
1930-6458
DOI:10.1080/01956051.2004.10662047