First off, television in general is poor. Watching a movie on television with commercials is enough to turn me off; let alone when movies are edited for television. I simply don't watch them. That's why there are pay channels, pay-per-view and DVD retail and rental.

I think the FCC is doing a horrible job with network and free cable station broadcasts; very inconsistent. They'll cut a movie like "Blazing Saddles" to shreds, eliminating the "nigger" jokes (remember this was co-written by Richard Pryor) because some people will find that offensive, fine, yet they leave in all the gory violence of "Starship Troopers" which they have aired in the morning, afternoon and evenings.

However, what really pisses me off, is that if I'm watching a family oriented program with kids, the lousy networks are showing totally inappropriate commercials (trash sex with blurred naked people, police violence, etc.). That's where I think guidelines, not censorship, are needed and should be enforced. If the program is child friendly (i.e. rated G or PG) then everything up until the closing credits should have that rating.

I'm not saying they need to cut out those shitty, made-for-losers-with-no-life-reality shows or other crap programs (to each his own), but don't litter unrelated programming with innappropriate crap via commercials. That's where parents and guardians have no chance.