570News - Jeff Allan

Have you noticed that the CTV television network is juggling things to make room for their money making rating smash hit “American Idol”?  I have never watched one episode of the program. I think of it as a “young people’s thing”. Apparently it’s great fun for the kids and that’s fantastic, however I have one problem with the timing. First of all I believe that nine o’clock at night on a school night is too late for young kids to be awake, and secondly I don’t believe it’s in the best interest of young children to be exposed to ADULT programming while they wait for their favorite show to come on.  Law and Order, ER, and Criminal Minds are shows designed for adults with adult content, sexuality, graphic death and violent scenes that are not appropriate for children under 14 according to the broadcast standards. These programs are written for an adult audience and designed to run after nine pm  so they are not  seen by kids.  So I ask, why is the CTV network putting these ADULT programs on at 7pm!? I suggest you check what your kids are watching before the “singing show” starts because these ADULT shows are a kids nightmare waiting to happen.  ER at 7pm last night and Law & Order at 7pm on Wednesday night was inappropriate and wrong. Those programs are for me and you, not children.

In fairness, all of the networks in Canada and the U.S  do this to accomodate their nine o’clock live reality show etc.  The irony for me is the fact that kids have to stay up late to watch what they should be watching at seven PM?!

                                                  Jeff Allan