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AFA ActivismAction Alert - 11/16/01Disney's ABC Special Features Soft-Core Porn"It may seem like there's no hope for TV, but at AFA we urge people to continue to take a stand. Let advertisers and local affiliate stations know your views on the sleaze the networks continue to air." AFA President Don Wildmon
It's been a big week for breaking barriers at Disney's ABC television network. On Sunday, November 11, ABC introduced new profanities (in big numbers) to prime-time TV with their Veterans Day movie Saving Private Ryan. The movie also included battlefield scenes that were arguably the most graphic blood-and-gore scenes yet aired on prime-time. On November 15, sexual titillation was the sole focus of the network's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show: What is Sexy? American Family Association (AFA) noted that, as with Private Ryan, Victoria garnered only about 65% of the normal slate of national advertisers, and two of them were Victoria's Secret commercials. Others included Westin Hotels, Philips Electronics' Sonicare, Verizon Wireless telephone services and a number of movie production companies. "The networks and producers usually say it's all about money," said Dr. Don Wildmon, president of AFA. "But if they can't get advertisers, and the spots they do sell are no doubt greatly reduced, there must be some other agenda, too. For Disney and ABC to pump so much sex, violence and profanity into one week, they must be looking down the road to a time when they think they will make money." AFA Journal monitor Pat Centner reviewed the Victoria's Secret special. Centner said, "At least one segment was no less than soft-core porn, and models posed sensuously and seductively throughout the hour." The show was promoted as the "sexiest night on TV," and the "sultry super bowl of underwear." One segment featured the scantily-clad models wearing angels' wings while background music sang, "Hallelujah, Hallelujah!" Wildmon said, "It may seem like there's no hope for TV, but at AFA we urge people to continue to take a stand. Let advertisers and local affiliate stations know your views on the sleaze the networks continue to air." ACTION NEEDEDPlease contact Disney/ABC, the advertisers, and your local ABC affiliate to register your opinion about the airing and sponsorship of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.The Walt Disney Company Chrm. Michael Eisner 500 S. Buena Vista Street Burbank, CA, 91521 Phone (818) 560-1000 FAX (818) 526-1137 Email (Form) Mr. Steven Bornstein, President ABC Entertainment 77 West 66th St. New York, NY 10023 Phone (212)456-7777 Fax (212) 456-7328 Your local ABC affiliate's contact information Philips Electronics North America Corp. Pres. William Curran 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 1-800-243-7884 Email (Form) (Magnavox, Norelco, Sylvania, Philips light bulbs, Sonicare) Starwood Hotels and Resorts Chrm. Barry S. Sternlicht 777 West Chester Avenue White Plains, NY 10604 1-914-640-8100 (Sheraton hotels, Westin hotels and resorts, Caesars hotels and casinos)
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