Sex & Violence


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Interviewees discuss sex and violence on television.

Highlights
John Singleton on representations of violence in his work
02:16
Darren Star on controversial storylines on Beverly Hills, 90210, including "Brenda Walsh" sleeping with "Dylan McKay" in the first season's "Spring Dance" episode
04:17
Edie Falco on violence on The Sopranos
01:11
William H. Macy on being proud of the way Shameless deals with sex and his personal objections to the unrealistic way violence is depicted on television
05:11
Jay Sandrich on having fun finding ways to depict sex in a subtle way on Soap
01:45
Who talked about this topic

Alan A. Armer

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Alan A. Armer on the violence on The Untouchables and on the ratings of the show
07:48

Robert Conrad

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Robert Conrad on the violence on The Wild, Wild West
01:46

Edie Falco

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Edie Falco on violence on The Sopranos
01:11

Robert Halmi, Sr.

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Robert Halmi, Sr. on his commitment to family entertainment
01:38

Stanley Hubbard

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Stanley Hubbard on the government's role in broadcasting and dealing with FCC regulations
05:11

Angela Lansbury

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Angela Lansbury on being asked to curtail violence on TV
01:32

Richard Lewis

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Richard Lewis on testifying to Congress about violence in television Westerns
02:33

William H. Macy

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William H. Macy on being proud of the way Shameless deals with sex and his personal objections to the unrealistic way violence is depicted on television
05:11

Nolan Miller

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Nolan Miller on working on negative critical reaction to Charlie's Angels and on it being dubbed "jiggle TV"
04:46

Sheila Nevins

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Sheila Nevins on producing Eros America for HBO (later Real Sex)
04:13
Sheila Nevins on how she handled criticism of sexual content on HBO
04:07

Hugh O'Brian

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Hugh O'Brian on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp's attitude towards violence
02:43

Del Reisman

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Del Reisman on Robert Stack as "Elliott Ness" on The Untouchables, and on the violence of the show
04:27

Jay Sandrich

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Jay Sandrich on having fun finding ways to depict sex in a subtle way on Soap
01:45

Thomas W. Sarnoff

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Thomas W. Sarnoff on his response to criticism of violence on TV while an NBC executive
02:17

Alfred Schneider

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Alfred Schneider on a controversial episode of Bus Stop ("A Lion Walks Among Us") and how it led to further inquiries into the effects of violence on television
04:13
Alfred Schneider on regulating portrayals of violence in Roots versus S.W.A.T. and The Six Million Dollar Man
01:55
Alfred Schneider on how and why portrayals of sexuality and other controversial topics have become more acceptable over time on television
01:49

Fred Silverman

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Fred Silverman on the "anti-violence crusades" of the late 1970s affecting CBS and NBC more than ABC, which was more family, comedy and fantasy-oriented
02:06

John Singleton

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John Singleton on representations of violence in his work
02:16

Darren Star

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Darren Star on controversial storylines on Beverly Hills, 90210, including "Brenda Walsh" sleeping with "Dylan McKay" in the first season's "Spring Dance" episode
04:17
Darren Star on the censorship issues that arose on Melrose Place, particularly involving the character "Matt Fielding," who was gay
03:16
Darren Star on a Sex and the City gag that HBO objected to
01:33

William Tankersley

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William Tankersley on CBS' expected limitations of violence on television
07:04

Frederic Ziv

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Frederic Ziv on criticisms of too much violence on television Westerns
00:55

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