WHEN IT COMES TO TELEVISION AND FILM VIOlence, according to Joseph Lieberman, a U.S. senator and the 2000 Democratic nominee for vice president, "the question most Americans seem to be asking is not whether the romanticized and sanitized vision of...

Movies and television programs routinely feature violence, including everything from relatively minor scuffles to gory and gruesome encounters. The violent images in the mass media can be highly disturbing—they are often vivid and can be quite...

HBO Family is an American premium cable television network from sister station HBO. It was launched in 1996 as a family friendly version of...

A sprinkling of documentaries, a smattering of time-tested reruns and a smidgen of specials and movies. Until recently, that described the random slate of family programming offered by cable television. But for viewers earnestly seeking programming grounded in family values, several cable...

Hopes original programming will draw viewers to plex channel following digital rollouts In the most significant redesign of its stand-alone HBO Family multiplex channel to date, HBO has committed millions to develop original programming that it plans to premiere in February 1999....

Since 1993, the number of violent crimes committed by children in the United States has decreased. While this news is encouraging, violent children continue to pose a threat to American society. According to the National Center for Juvenile Justice, for...