NBC/Peacock Pushing Homosexual LIfestyle in TV Programming

 I used to be a fan of the NBC/Peacock shows "The Irrational" and "Found".  But, after watching the latest episodes, it is apparent that someone in NBC programming has an agenda to push homosexual lifestyles as a recurring acceptable lifestyle.  The plots of both programs appears to include characters with a homosexual lifestyle.  This is a formula that tv networks have followed for at least 8 years.  This continued pushing of that lifestyle to consumers is offensive to me.  So, I no longer watch those series.  I do not want to see those type of characters as being put out as "normal" behavior, especially to our children who soak in much that the media pours out.  NBC, please stop promoting homosexual lifestyles in your TV shows.  Give us something that isn't immoral and rebellious to God.  Also, as a black person I find it very offensive that shows with black characters seem to have the most homosexual characters.  Is that a program decision of NBC to push those values into the black community, or to make non blacks think that black people generally accept same sex relationships?  That assumption is wrong.  "The Irrational" and "Found" need to be cancelled, immediately.

TV Parental Guidlines Monitoring Board - Accountable to no one?

They're back and flexing their entertainment muscle all in our faces!   The TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board continues to oversee ratings of TV shows with an authoritative, take it or leave it attitude.  Despite glaring evidence that many TV shows are not accurately being rated, they march on as the public cannot scrutinize or question their decisions.

I recently sent in a comment that episode 7 of "Special Ops: Lioness" should have been give a descriptor of "S" for explicit sexual situations do to an extended same sex intimate scene between two females.  The episode was given a " TV-MA" rating with the descriptors of coarse language and violence.  There was no mention of the same sex sexual activity that would be thrust out at the public in a "surprise, surprise, gotcha fashion".  Of course the Monitoring Board, consisting of 18 representatives of the Entertainment industry, ranging from Hulu, CBS, and the Parent Teachers Association, did not respond to my complaint.  Why?  Because they have that arrogant "don't question us" attitude that the American public has come to tolerate.  Also, they really do not care what people think about their deliberations.  It's our industry and you should be privileged that we are creating trashy scenes in TV shows for you to watch!"

The issues are the same I have mentioned in the past 2 years. Bring more clarity to the ratings so viewers, like myself, who don't want to see certain depictions in their home will not waste time watching the shows.  A rating should be a warning label on the content of a show or movie.  The rating system is not accurate when it comes to scenes of intimate sexual activity.  Or modify the rating MA to include language that it may involve scenes of intimate sexual activities.  Is that asking too much?

Children and teenagers are already exposed to illicit materials via the internet.  Can we at least have more internal controls in the entertainment industry?

TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board - A "secretive" organization creating public policy

 What is one of the most secretive organizations in the United States?  That would be the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board.  The Board consist of 18 appointed members of the entertainment industry and 5 "public interest" members.  Representatives from Hulu, NBC, CBS, and the Boys and Girls Club of America are some of the group members  The group meets in private and the names of the members are kept hidden from the general public.  This private group is responsible for creation of ratings and descriptors for the TV shows and movies the general public watches.  You will never see this group interviewed on television.  The group interacts with the public via a one way communication of survey results that they proudly say always supports the rating system.  The rating system they oversee is supposed to serve as a guideline to parents and others who want to be aware of the content of the material they or their children, nephews, nieces, and grandchildren are about to view.

The Board stated that recent survey results indicated that 95% of parents feel it is important to know about sexual situations in the program they are about to watch.  One issue that has come up is to understand how the Board defines "sexual situations"?  Are scenes featuring two women kissing, or two males kissing in a bed defined as "sexual situations"?  Currently such scenes are not labeled as sexual situations and have been pushed out as viewers in TV shows and movies without a warning that the program contains such scenes.

Do you as a viewer want to be forewarned about the presence of scenes that involve homosexual behavior or non binary gender behaviors?  "Sexual situations" is a descriptor that needs to be defined by the Board.  If sexual situations does not involve homosexual behavior or non binary gender issues, then separate descriptors need to be created for homosexual and non binary gender content.  In addition the ratings and descriptors need to remain on the screen for at least a full minute.  Please contact the Board via the below methods to express your views on the adequacy of current ratings and descriptors related to homosexual behavior and non binary gender content.

TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board
PO BOX 771
Washington, DC 20044
TVOMB@tvguidelines.org
(202) 570-7776

TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board still Missing in Action

 Episode 4 of the "Best Man: The Final Chapters" series on Peacock was rated TV MA.  Among the content of the episode was a coverage of one of the youthful characters coming out as being non binary.  The scene included the character dressing as the feminine side of "their" non binary personality.  The descriptor that was shown along with the TV MA rating was "coarse language".  Their continues to be no descriptor being used by the TV Parental Guidelines that forewarns audiences regarding an episode or movie containing scenes of a non binary lifestyle or same sex relationships.

As a service to the watching public, instead of us continuing to be surprised and shocked by these scenes, the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board needs to establish a descriptor that clearly forewarns viewers regarding the specific content of an episode or movie.

A descriptor of LS=lifestyle choices, and SSR=same sex relationships, is desperately needed if the Board continues to allow this "peek-a-boo" treatment of audiences.  Board membes, why do you insist on shocking and surprising audiences with scenes that cover non binary lifestyles and same sex relationships?  What is it that makes you think everyone is aware of these situations and accepts them?  Do you not owe people who do not want to watch such scenes a forewarning?  Is this a matter of economics where adding another descriptor would cost the industry some exorbitant amount of money?

Please educate the public on your rationale.