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A. Prime Time Series

As described in an earlier section, every series on broadcast television during the 1994-95 television season was monitored at least four times to see if it raised issues with regard to violence. Shows that continued to raise issues were monitored more than four times. Some shows that regularly raised issues of concern were monitored throughout the season. Shows monitored for the full season (or a large part of it) can be determined from the list of monitored shows in the appendix. Series that ran fewer than four times were monitored every time they aired. We monitored approximately 121 prime time television series on the six television networks, 10 of which had frequent problems with violence and 8 of which had occasional problems.

The findings on prime time series are divided into:

1. Shows with frequent issues
2. Shows with occasional issues
3. Shows that raise interesting or special issues
4. Shows that deal with violence well

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