The Parents Television Council studied the 6 major broadcast networks for a 2 week period in 2006/2007 television season. The members were looking for objectional content, tallying instances of violence, sex and profanity. On average, these instances occurred once every 4.8 minutes. The Fox network (News Corp) was the worst offender with 20.78 instances per hour.
It seems strange that while Fox appears to be unapologetic for objectional content that they were overbearing at the Emmy's. Sally Field and Ray Ramono's speaches were censored along with Katherine Heigl's response when she won her Emmy. The network was worried about the words "sh-t" and GD then. Would it surprise you to know they also air the most profane show out of the 6 major broadcast networks?
The network consistently has the highest Thursday night metered market average - the same night at the most profane show (according to the Parents Television Council) is on - My Name is Earl. I happen to like the show, but I found all of this to be quite strange. There are harsher standards for various programming and the whole thing seems to be quite contradictory.
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