PLUTO is great. I know back in the 90s there was a lot of “junk TV” as I recall my dad calling it, but there were still some new prime time shows we watched as a family. For example, Dr. Quinn, Full House, etc. I can’t really find any shows made after the 90s that are clean enough that the entire family can sit down and watch without having to sit on pins & needles worrying about what’s going to be said or shown.
Yes, I know there are several other decent shows out there, but my point is going beyond the 90s - today, there’s basically nothing. Maybe there’s a little obscure show here or there, but nothing really clean that’s a prime time show in the past twenty years.
Yeah true. 7th Heaven started in 96 and continued into the mid 2000's. It was supposed to be "Christian" but obviously wasn't but there were good family values and life lessons in the series. Many dealt with homophobia/teen suicide/teen drinking/drug use/racism etc.
I do recall 7th Heaven. It was a pretty moral show. I thought maybe y’all might have some suggestions for more modern shows that can be watched with kids. I don’t expect a “Christian” TV show, just something that’s not promoting values completely opposed by Christianity. I’m not a complete prude, I enjoy an occasional episode of a show not G rated, but it’s amazing that in the last twenty years, nothing (apparently) has been produced that’s not less than PG-13 rated
Yes it's an On Demand service. It's basically what the Family Channel used to be.
If I remember right I think it is 5.00 a month.
$5.99 a month. Cheaper than the on demand movies/entertainment/sports packages and the woke liberal Disney Plus.
The way one of my high school teachers used to teach about television and Hellywood, is this...The CIA's predecessor was very much involved in the television industry from the beginning, as was Hellywood. They wanted to "tell-a-vision" (indoctrinate) people through the use of visual stimulation, garnering empathy/sympathy for socialist/progressive causes. The documentation he provided was astounding. I got the same information in my college classes on psychology/parapsychology/sociology. It's frightening to see how much the idiot box has changed our perceptions of what is right and wrong in this country.there is really only one purpose for television.... and that;s providing marketers a way to sell you something by way of constant and merciless bombardment of ads and commercials.. everything about the way television shows and broadcasting is handled is designed to get your attention and hold it while they throw an advertisement at you.... try to separate you from your money and put it in their pockets.... and from the very beginning of television it has always been that way...
but in the old days of television there would be a pause at some appropriate point in the tv show... ...a brief moment of silence... and then a voice on the tv would say... "and now a word from our sponsor".... but todays television executives view any amount of silence... even a micro-second of it... to be money going down the drain... time wasted...
they are also scared silly that if they let you know a commercial is coming you will leave the tv to go get a snack or mute the sound.... so they cut into tv programs without regard to what is going on in the show and go right into a commercial... and the commercials are all a rude combination of some kind of music banging away, while images flash on the screen in rapid succession with someone yammering away giving the sales pitch.... ..then after roughly 10 ads in a row like that they suddenly cut right back into the regular program without warning.... .
if i had children and we found ourselves at home together with nothing else to do i would read them a book.... make book reading together a regular event.... other than watching tv for news and things like discovery channels.. sports etc.... forget about the television.... ....
but those are just my opinions.... of which i have many.... ..when it comes to tv and modern entertainment, most of those opinions are negative....
I agree with most of what you said, but when kids get older, just 100% reading isn’t really an option. We do push reading, music lessons, sports and outdoor activities in general (including old fashioned outdoor chores), but kids do naturally want a little bit of entertainment, especially on foul weather days.there is really only one purpose for television.... and that;s providing marketers a way to sell you something by way of constant and merciless bombardment of ads and commercials.. everything about the way television shows and broadcasting is handled is designed to get your attention and hold it while they throw an advertisement at you.... try to separate you from your money and put it in their pockets.... and from the very beginning of television it has always been that way...
but in the old days of television there would be a pause at some appropriate point in the tv show... ...a brief moment of silence... and then a voice on the tv would say... "and now a word from our sponsor".... but todays television executives view any amount of silence... even a micro-second of it... to be money going down the drain... time wasted...
they are also scared silly that if they let you know a commercial is coming you will leave the tv to go get a snack or mute the sound.... so they cut into tv programs without regard to what is going on in the show and go right into a commercial... and the commercials are all a rude combination of some kind of music banging away, while images flash on the screen in rapid succession with someone yammering away giving the sales pitch.... ..then after roughly 10 ads in a row like that they suddenly cut right back into the regular program without warning.... .
if i had children and we found ourselves at home together with nothing else to do i would read them a book.... make book reading together a regular event.... other than watching tv for news and things like discovery channels.. sports etc.... forget about the television.... ....
but those are just my opinions.... of which i have many.... ..when it comes to tv and modern entertainment, most of those opinions are negative....
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...but when those happen the tv is 100% on a news channel to track the storm.... until the power goes out.... 
That's commendable. Especially with technology these days and nearly every kid has a smartphone/tablet.