Language on network TV in prime time

I believe 8 to 10 p.m. is prime time. The late-night schedule begins at 10 p.m.

 

Not doubting your encyclopedic knowledge of all things television, but used to think prime time started at 7 p.m.

 

East Coast and Left Coast, prime time is 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. (when the last show ends before the news). Prime time in Middlestan is 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Mountain time zone is all frogged up.

 

What he said.

 

Word for freaking word. And the fact that most ads play at 3x the volume of what show you were watching doesn't help.

 

I was fascinated, during my recent "Slap Shot" research, to see some of the changes that had to be made so it could be shown on network TV in the early 1980s. "Sucks" became "stinks," and that's far from the most ludicrous examples of alterations. All the while I was reading through these pages and pages and pages and pages of mandatory changes, I couldn't help but think how in-fucking-credible it is that things have changed so much.

 

I know I'm late to this convo, but there's a stanky-ass ho somewhere here?

 

Now there is.

 

Four fucking pages?

 

I may be stanky, and I may be an ass, but ... wait, what's that third thing?

Er, toufuckingche

 

kudos, mikey, for being the first to bring up the safe harbor law -- though it did take three pages for it to come up. that's what I don't get ... would this constitute a fine and the network is ok with shelling out to gave it on their show? because it did air inside that window.