…and Will Follow Up With Teen Sex Show

 

Last year, the premium cable network HBO premiered the series Hung, about a well-endowed man who works as a male prostitute. Now, MTV is using the same premise for a program aimed at teenagers. The Hard Times of RJ Berger is scripted comedy about a high-school outcast who becomes wildly popular when he exposes his genitals to his entire school. “Sneak peek” trailers for the show on MTV.com include scenes of RJ’s mother interrupting him while he is masturbating; a teenage classmate stripping to reveal a garter belt and stockings; RJ being seduced by an adult neighbor; and a false “public service announcement” telling teens that virginity is a “serious condition,” and suggesting that they have sex at all costs: “Together, let’s put an end to virginity once and for all,” states the actor in the phony PSA.

 

The program will be shown at 11:00 p.m. ET -- but because it premieres during summer recess, many teens and younger children will be allowed to stay up late. For many kids, 11:00 p.m. is no different from 9:00 p.m. if there is no school the next morning; and due to MTV's huge popularity among teenagers, many high school and junior high school kids will be eager to watch the series. Furthermore, children and teens will have many opportunities to see the program, since MTV has a pattern of rerunning its explicit programs at all hours, sometimes even in the morning or early afternoon.

Parents might think such content inappropriate for their children, but MTV General Manager Stephen Friedman disagrees: "[RJ Berger] really captures what our audience wants...[and] speaks to where we need to go as a network," the network head boasted in the Los Angeles Times.

MTV is a part of the basic tier in nearly every cable and satellite package available to consumers – meaning that, even if the buyer never watches the channel, they are still supporting it with their monthly payment.

It’s bad enough that “entertainment” today has devolved into programming focused on genitalia. It’s disgusting that MTV is aiming such a show at children. But it is OUTRAGEOUS that everyone who subscribes to cable and satellite TV is FORCED TO PAY FOR IT!

► To see MTV's promo for The Hard Times of R.J. Berger, click here.
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