{"id":182,"date":"2012-01-26T14:35:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T19:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/yankswatchingtelly\/?p=182"},"modified":"2012-01-26T14:35:33","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T19:35:33","slug":"family-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/yankswatchingtelly\/?p=182","title":{"rendered":"Family Programming?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let me preface this post by clearly stating- as a child I was known to hide behind couches during episodes of the animated series Scooby-Doo<\/em>. Therefore, it may come as no surprise that the Doctor Who <\/em>episode \u201cBlink\u201d absolutely terrified me. I knew Professor Becker warned us about this being a scary episode and because of that I was a nervous wreck the entire episode, waiting for the scary to happen. And then it happened. Before I knew it, I was sweating and full of panic. For this reason, it baffles me that families with children have viewed this episode. While I may be the definition of a wimp, it still astounds me that children have watched this episode and did not demand to sleep in their parents bed after it. Makes me wonder, are children in Britain braver than American children?<\/p>\n

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The Wiley-Blackwell article discusses the new Doctor Who <\/em>bringing the Saturday evening, seven o\u2019clock time slot back to prominence. According to the piece, family viewing never left the British culture, but family programming had. The \u201cregenerated\u201d Doctor Who <\/em>brought this option back to the airwaves, but only for the United Kingdom. In America, would Doctor Who <\/em>be viewed as \u201cfamily programming\u201d? The BBC\u2019s goal is to \u201cinform, educate, and entertain,\u201d but where was the information and education in \u201cBlink\u201d? I (and most other Americans, I believe) think of family programming as a show like Modern Family <\/em>or The Middle<\/em>. The goal of these shows is not to educate, but to provide entertainment the whole family can sit down and enjoy that leaves out explicit language, sex, and violence.<\/p>\n

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While I did not think \u201cBlink\u201d was exceptionally educational, I can find that point in \u201cVincent and the Doctor\u201d. This was much more of an educational episode. For fear of showing off my art history ignorance, I did not know Van Gough\u2019s paintings were disregarded during his lifespan or that he committed suicide at such a young age. In this way, I learned from Doctor Who<\/em> in a very entertaining way. But I still wonder, why the scare tactics? Maybe it is just me, but perhaps America and Great Britain have differing views on what family programming means and how much viewers of all ages can endure.<\/p>\n

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All this being said, once I got over the shakes of fear, I enjoyed the episodes of Doctor Who<\/em> and the creative entertainment it provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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