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A Content Analysis of expanded basic cable's Original Prime-Time Series

 

VII. Statistical appendix

 

Offensive Content

 

Total

Per Hour

Sex

404

3.61

Foul Language

1490

13.32

Violence

530

4.74

Overall Combined

2424

21.68

 

Sexual Subcategories

 

Total

References

References

Per Hour

% of All Sexual References

Genital

74

0.66

18.3

Homosexual

55

0.49

13.6

Oral

26

0.23

6.4

Kinky

25

0.22

6.2

Masturbation

22

0.20

5.4

Pornography

10

0.09

2.4

Overall Combined

212

1.90

52.5

 

Word

Total Uses

hell

264

ass

221

[bleep]

219

damn

200

shit

166

sucks

69

asshole

67

bitch

53

crap

51

goddamn

29

euphemistic forms of fuck (e.g., freaking)

28

son of a bitch

27

bastard

22

piss

19

[obscene gesture]

17

screw

13

balls

8

nuts

6

muff

3

dick

2

pussy

1

fuck

1

bite

1

dong

1

dickface

1

box (synonym for vagina)

1

TOTAL

1490

 

Worst Shows By Category

SEX

FOUL LANGUAGE

VIOLENCE

OVERALL

Undergrads

(MTV)

28.4

South Park

(CCent)

106.0

Celebrity Deathmatch (MTV)

36.4

South Park

(CCent)

126.0

The Man Show  (CCent)

19.2

The Andy Dick Show (MTV)

44.0

Witchblade

(TNT)

16.2

Undergrads

(MTV)

73.2

The Andy Dick Show

(MTV)

19.0

Undergrads

(MTV)

37.2

Raw

(TNN)

11.7

Celebrity Deathmatch  (MTV)

66.0

That's My Bush

(CCent)

14.0

Jackass

(MTV)

36.4

Jackass

(MTV)

9.6

The Andy Dick Show (MTV)

64.5

South Park

(CCent)

13.6

Raw

 (TNN)

35.2

The Huntress

 (USA)

8.6

Jackass

(MTV)

51.6

RW/RR Extreme Challenge (MTV)

10.0

Road Rules

(MTV)

26.3

Invader ZIM

 (Nick)

8.0

Raw

(TNN)

48.9

The Real World

(MTV)

9.8

Celebrity Deathmatch (MTV)

22.8

Undergrads

(MTV)

7.6

That's My Bush! (CCent)

36.8

Celebrity Deathmatch

(MTV)

6.8

That's My Bush! (CCent)

19.2

South Park

 (CCent)

6.4

The Man Show (CCent)

36.4

Jackass

(MTV)

5.6

RW/RR Extreme Challenge (MTV)

18.4

All That

(Nick)

6.4

RW/RR Extreme Challenge (MTV)

32.4

100 Centre Street

(A&E)

4.3

Daria

(MTV)

17.6

The Fairly

OddParents (Nick)

6.0

Road Rules

 (MTV)

29.3

 

Shows by Network

 

Network

 

Show

Sex

(per hour)

Foul Language

(per hour)

Violence

(per hour)

Overall

(per hour)

A&E

100 Centre Street

4.3

8.8

0.5

13.5

 

Nero Wolfe

0.4

3.2

2.0

5.6

Comedy Central

The Man Show

19.2

16.8

0.4

36.4

 

Prime Time Glick

1.6

7.2

0.8

9.6

 

South Park

13.6

106.0

6.4

126.0

 

That's My Bush!

14.0

19.2

3.6

36.8

Fox Family

Scariest Places on Earth

0

0.8

1.2

2.0

 

State of Grace

0

1.6

0

1.6

Lifetime

Any Day Now

0.4

6.2

0

6.6

 

The Division

0.2

9.6

2.6

12.4

 

Strong Medicine

0.8

3.0

0.4

4.2

MTV

Celebrity Deathmatch

6.8

22.8

36.4

66.0

 

Daria

1.2

17.6

0

18.8

 

The Andy Dick Show

19.0

44.0

1.5

64.5

 

Jackass

5.6

36.4

9.6

51.6

 

The Real World

9.8

13.0

1.0

23.8

 

RW/RR Extreme Challenge

10.0

18.4

4.0

32.4

 

Road Rules

2.7

26.3

0.3

29.3

 

Undergrads

28.4

37.2

7.6

73.2


 

Network

 

Show

Sex

(per hour)

Foul Language

(per hour)

Violence

(per hour)

Overall

(per hour)

Nickelodeon

All That

0

0

6.4

6.4

 

The Amanda Show

0

0

1.2

1.2

 

As Told By Ginger

0

0

1.0

1.0

 

The Brothers Garcia

0

0

0.4

0.4

 

Caitlin's Way

0

0

0.4

0.4

 

The Fairly OddParents

0

0

6.0

6.0

 

Invader ZIM

0

0

8.0

8.0

 

Rocket Power

0

0

0

0

 

Rugrats

0

0

0.4

0.4

 

SpongeBob SquarePants

0

0

1.6

1.6

 

The Wild Thornberrys

0

0

0.8

0.8

TNN

Raw

2.0

35.2

11.7

48.9

TNT

Witchblade

3.0

1.8

16.2

21.0

USA

The Huntress

1.0

4.6

8.6

14.2

 

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