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Center For Media Education - Here's an interesting statistic. By age 70, most Americans will have spent ten years of their lives watching TV. Kids watch an average of three to four hours of TV every day. According to this site, "By the time children complete elementary school, the average child will witness more than 100,000 acts of violence on TV, including 8,000 murders. These numbers double to 200,000 acts of violence and 16,000 murders by the time they graduate from high school." What effect does watching this violence have on kids? Read about it at this site. Did you know the Federal Communications Commission requires TV stations to air three hours of educational and informational programming per week? This site tells you how to keep local TV stations accountable to the rules. There are also sections on how to teach kids to evaluate TV commercials and how to safeguard Internet privacy.
Crocodile Hunter - Welcome to the home of TV's Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and Terry Irwin. Journey to some of the wildest and remotest territories in the world. Steve and Terri's mission is educate and share with the world the magnificent - often threatened or sometimes threatening - wildlife. To bring misunderstood and feared animals (as well as the cute and cuddlies) right into your house, so that we can share and learn about the world's wildlife.
Encyclopedia Brady - is one of those TV shows that just seems to go on forever. Just about everybody has seen at least a few of the original episodes, featuring Marcia ("Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!"), Greg, and all the rest as they struggle through life in suburbia. If you're a Brady Bunch fan, this site is just for you. Included here are details about the Brady Bunch that would inform even the most dedicated Brady follower! For example, although the series was filmed on a sound stage, the exterior shots are of a real house. The address (near Los Angeles) is here, along with links to other very Brady sites.
FamilyNet - FamilyNet is for the more than 70 million people who feel the family is the most important part of their lives. They are hard-working people who are looking for a wholesome alternative to standard television fare. FamilyNet offers creative programs featuring traditional family values. FamilyNet supplys quality family entertainment mixed with a variety of inspirational programs, much of which is original!
Fox Kids Online - The Fox Network has some great taste in `toons. Woody Woodpecker, the Addams Family, and Spiderman all work here. You can find some fun sound files and get news on the shows and contests at this site. Don't forget the show-related games--some are even based on Power Rangers!
G-Rated Movies TV Schedule - What's on cable TV this month that is G-rated? Just click to find out! Schedules, stars, running time, and a brief synopsis are all included.
Hallmark Channel - The Hallmark Channel was launched in August 2001. The 24-hour-per-day television programming service is committed to enriching entertainment that is relevant to viewers and their lives. Hallmark Channel provides a diverse slate of high quality, broad appeal, television entertainment. Hallmark Channel's programming lineup incorporates the Hallmark Entertainment library of more than 4,000 hours of programming. Among the titles: "The Titanic," "The Odyssey," "Gulliver's Travels," "The Muppet Show," "Merlin," and "Lonesome Dove." The library also includes popular theatrical movies, such as "The Great Muppet Caper" and "Labyrinth." Hallmark Channel is also the extensive home of the prestigious Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection of movies, including "Sarah, Plain and Tall." The network is also the exclusive home of original series, including "America," "Donna's Day" with Donna Erickson and "Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola".
Henson.com - The Jim Henson Company - The main Henson page is a hoot. There's an online look at the Creature Shop, video clips of Jim Henson at work, and a trip to the company store. But be sure to take the Muppets link. Before this sited, while it was under construction, this was the message displayed on the screen: "Hi Ho, Kermit the Frog here. We are busy building Muppets.com, the first Virtual Reality, 5D, secured-socket, fully encrypted, dynamically interactive, bearly browserable, community based, Java-enabled, highly compliant, platform independent, frog-functional, scalable, backwardly compatible, indefinitely online, gif-animated, e-deliverable, sequentially tagged, third generation, CGI reciprocal, porcine promoted, plug-and-play, state of the art Web site. Unfortunately, last night Animal ate our hard drive. We're working hard to get that fixed. But for now, you can read all about us." Check out what they came up with after Animal coughed up the hard drive.
Looney Toonsville! - It seems like Warner Brothers has been making Looney Toons cartoons forever! Here's where you'll find their latest shows, the schedules, and even a historical look at some of the most famous cartoons of all time. But that's only part of this site. You'll find games to play and download, and you'll get a fascinating look at how cartoons are made. Stop in whenever you want to see, hear, or watch your favorite cartoon characters online, because the pictures, sounds, and video clips are right here. Shows included are Animaniacs , Freakazoid! , Pinky & The Brain , The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries , and Batman/Superman Adventures , among others. Don't miss the karaoke songs. Look in the Site Map for Favorite Places. It's right there!
Nick Jr. - Click and drag with Blue's Clues as you try to discover what sinks and what floats (try it yourself in your own pan of water), which snowflakes match, and the identity of the hidden picture in the Race Against Time. Blue has many games here for curious preschoolers. See which ones you like!
Nickelodeon Online - Ooze into this Web site, but please avoid the mess Ren and Stimpy made! Find your way into the TV Shows area to read up on the latest with all your favorites: Kablam , Alex Mack , AAAHH!! Real Monsters , Doug , and those wacky guys Keenan and Kel . Download some cool games for Macintosh or Windows, and make sure the rest of your family notices the links to Nick Jr. and Nick at Nite. Probably the most important part of this site, though, is The Big Help. Find out how you can get involved in cleaning up the environment, helping in your community, and making our world a better place to be.
Parents Television Council - Last week a grandparent wrote to me and asked for help. "I don't have kids in my house all the time," she said, "What's suitable for family viewing?" She was looking for programs without bad language, violence, or subjects that make kids (and adults!) squirm. I suggested this site to her. The Parents Television Council rates each evening's shows on exactly those criteria.
PBS TeacherSource - There are so many TV programs! How do you select the best ones for your kids? Here are descriptions of the shows on public television, grouped by subject area. Teacher guides, info on taping rights, and links to related sites--they're all here in one place.
TV Guide Online Inc - This site’s extensive coverage goes beyond mere TV listings to news and gossip, and an "ask the experts" section where you can seek answers to any television-related question.
V-Chip Education Project - Since January 2000, all U.S.-manufactured TV sets have a V-Chip inside them. Not a snack food at all, it is a tool for parents to ensure "tasteful" family viewing habits. It can be set up to block individual shows or even entire channels. At this site, you can learn about the V-Chip, the criteria used to rate TV content, and what all those rating label letters at the beginning of the shows mean.
Viewers for Quality Television, The Forum for Discerning Viewers - Viewers for Quality Television, since 1984, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about quality TV. A 15-year old positive viewer organization with no agenda other than influencing the commercial networks to retain their critically-acclaimed quality series rather than canceling them because of insufficient Nielsen numbers.
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