Should we have a regulator for TV serials?

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Watch any TV serial, in Tamil, if you know a bit of the language.  If your mother tongue is Tamil, no problem.

Except for one or two serials, all the serials are absolute trash.  The hero or the main character would have any number of problems.  At least three women would be shown doing maximum damage to him.  He would have at least one unmarried sister to support.

The bad guys will come in various forms. There are murders, violence, blood shed, vengeance and what have you.  The script is always twisted to suit the animal instincts of any human being.

And in every serial, the hero will have at least two or three wives, and there will be at least one illegitimate child, who will undergo so much suffering.

While Sun TV leads in the number of such serials, other service providers are not far behind.

One is given to understand that more or less similar situations are there in all the South Indian languages, and Hindi as well, and in Bengali or whatever.

Should the Government step in to vet each and every serial, for the harmful impact on society?

Will such intervention actually interfere with the freedom of expression?  If it does, can we bring in some checks and balances, in some other fashion?

 

 

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Those who do not like TV serials can always watch Astha TV and other similar channels and what is strange they will criticise them also and demand a separate regulator for every channel. One should control what one watches and not what is broadcast.

 

So you mean to say that in spite of all the trash that is shown on almost all the channels, of all languages, people should not complain but either stop watching TV or watch only Aastha or Sanskar channels?? Please also provide names of other similar spiritual channels for we know not which good channels exist here!

 

When all channels (incl Asatha) and in all languages are showing trash how can there exist good channels. For a change one can try watching sports channels or DD channels and stop watching them when they also start showing trash.

 

 

 

Those who do not like TV serials can always watch Astha TV and other similar channels and what is strange they will criticise them also and demand a separate regulator for every channel. One should control what one watches and not what is broadcast.

 

So you mean to say that in spite of all the trash that is shown on almost all the channels, of all languages, people should not complain but either stop watching TV or watch only Aastha or Sanskar channels?? Please also provide names of other similar spiritual channels for we know not which good channels exist here!

 

When all channels (incl Asatha) and in all languages are showing trash how can there exist good channels. For a change one can try watching sports channels or DD channels and stop watching them when they also start showing trash.

 

DD channels like DD INDIA,are good. They provide both harmless entertainment and a rich info on Indian past and present.

 

 

 

 

Those who do not like TV serials can always watch Astha TV and other similar channels and what is strange they will criticise them also and demand a separate regulator for every channel. One should control what one watches and not what is broadcast.

 

So you mean to say that in spite of all the trash that is shown on almost all the channels, of all languages, people should not complain but either stop watching TV or watch only Aastha or Sanskar channels?? Please also provide names of other similar spiritual channels for we know not which good channels exist here!

 

When all channels (incl Asatha) and in all languages are showing trash how can there exist good channels. For a change one can try watching sports channels or DD channels and stop watching them when they also start showing trash.

 

 

Not every one would be interested in Sports. We can watch discovery, nat geo and other channels like ID and so on, but the point here is why should we put up with trash shown in serials why can't we demand better scripted serials. Not watching one or two serials in fine but how do we deal with all such serials that shown things which we as viewers can't digest.

 

 

 

Those who do not like TV serials can always watch Astha TV and other similar channels and what is strange they will criticise them also and demand a separate regulator for every channel. One should control what one watches and not what is broadcast.

 

So you mean to say that in spite of all the trash that is shown on almost all the channels, of all languages, people should not complain but either stop watching TV or watch only Aastha or Sanskar channels?? Please also provide names of other similar spiritual channels for we know not which good channels exist here!

 

When all channels (incl Asatha) and in all languages are showing trash how can there exist good channels. For a change one can try watching sports channels or DD channels and stop watching them when they also start showing trash.

 

 

Not every one would be interested in Sports. We can watch discovery, nat geo and other channels like ID and so on, but the point here is why should we put up with trash shown in serials why can't we demand better scripted serials. Not watching one or two serials in fine but how do we deal with all such serials that shown things which we as viewers can't digest.

 

By the same logic not every one would be interested in Discovery, nat geo etc channels. In fact not everyone is interested in all the channels. No one is forcing any one to put up with trash TV channels. If one does not like a program one just moves . on. Unless sufficient viewers are watching  trash it would not be financially viable to show such serials.So it is either trash way or remote way.

 

 

 

 

Those who do not like TV serials can always watch Astha TV and other similar channels and what is strange they will criticise them also and demand a separate regulator for every channel. One should control what one watches and not what is broadcast.

 

So you mean to say that in spite of all the trash that is shown on almost all the channels, of all languages, people should not complain but either stop watching TV or watch only Aastha or Sanskar channels?? Please also provide names of other similar spiritual channels for we know not which good channels exist here!

 

When all channels (incl Asatha) and in all languages are showing trash how can there exist good channels. For a change one can try watching sports channels or DD channels and stop watching them when they also start showing trash.

 

 

Not every one would be interested in Sports. We can watch discovery, nat geo and other channels like ID and so on, but the point here is why should we put up with trash shown in serials why can't we demand better scripted serials. Not watching one or two serials in fine but how do we deal with all such serials that shown things which we as viewers can't digest.

 

By the same logic not every one would be interested in Discovery, nat geo etc channels. In fact not everyone is interested in all the channels. No one is forcing any one to put up with trash TV channels. If one does not like a program one just moves . on. Unless sufficient viewers are watching  trash it would not be financially viable to show such serials.So it is either trash way or remote way.

 

 

I agree only a handful of us have problems with the kinds of serials that are being aired, however a lot of other people out there probably enjoy these soaps and hence these serial makers are continuing with producing trash.

 

 

 

 

 

Those who do not like TV serials can always watch Astha TV and other similar channels and what is strange they will criticise them also and demand a separate regulator for every channel. One should control what one watches and not what is broadcast.

 

So you mean to say that in spite of all the trash that is shown on almost all the channels, of all languages, people should not complain but either stop watching TV or watch only Aastha or Sanskar channels?? Please also provide names of other similar spiritual channels for we know not which good channels exist here!

 

When all channels (incl Asatha) and in all languages are showing trash how can there exist good channels. For a change one can try watching sports channels or DD channels and stop watching them when they also start showing trash.

 

 

Not every one would be interested in Sports. We can watch discovery, nat geo and other channels like ID and so on, but the point here is why should we put up with trash shown in serials why can't we demand better scripted serials. Not watching one or two serials in fine but how do we deal with all such serials that shown things which we as viewers can't digest.

 

By the same logic not every one would be interested in Discovery, nat geo etc channels. In fact not everyone is interested in all the channels. No one is forcing any one to put up with trash TV channels. If one does not like a program one just moves . on. Unless sufficient viewers are watching  trash it would not be financially viable to show such serials.So it is either trash way or remote way.

 

 

I agree only a handful of us have problems with the kinds of serials that are being aired, however a lot of other people out there probably enjoy these soaps and hence these serial makers are continuing with producing trash.

 

Certainly. These trash serials are patronized by majority. Which is why thes serials are riding over the minority.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What about Hindi movies?

It's been decades bollywood doing petty romantic movies with ridiculous plot, story, acting and dance moves! Hundreds of movies hits screen every year and almost no movies, if not one or two, have a important female lead! Yeah, Item dances makes more money in theaters and people are happy with romantic movies or one of the Khans beating the hell out of 100 guys.

Why blame government?

Last Bollywood movie I saw in theatre was Dhoom 3. Wasted 3 hours of my life and 100 rupees. 

Well, it seems like everyone agrees more or less that almost all serials shown on all regional channels are trash and yet, going by the TRPs, are hugely popular. So as much as larger audiences have the right of watching such trash, other audience have equal rights to complain or oppose such stuff. Even though my personal opinion is that such trash should either be regulated or should be banned, it is not in the interest of everyone to ban such serials because that would be mean taking away someone's right of watching stuff that matches their taste, whether quality or substandard, not really important! We can take our pick from other categories such as sports, lifestyle, news, movies or anything else! (I really wish we had the smileys here, I could use one now!)

What about Hindi movies?

It's been decades bollywood doing petty romantic movies with ridiculous plot, story, acting and dance moves! Hundreds of movies hits screen every year and almost no movies, if not one or two, have a important female lead! Yeah, Item dances makes more money in theaters and people are happy with romantic movies or one of the Khans beating the hell out of 100 guys.

Why blame government?

Last Bollywood movie I saw in theatre was Dhoom 3. Wasted 3 hours of my life and 100 rupees. 

 

Yes. I agree with you blaming the government is an exercise in futility. I'm of the firm opinion, if one exercises  discrimination  and feels that it's a good movthen an get the satisfaction of seeing a good movie. If one fails in judging the movie the loss is of the individual . For this,what's the use of blaming the government ?

 

What about Hindi movies?

It's been decades bollywood doing petty romantic movies with ridiculous plot, story, acting and dance moves! Hundreds of movies hits screen every year and almost no movies, if not one or two, have a important female lead! Yeah, Item dances makes more money in theaters and people are happy with romantic movies or one of the Khans beating the hell out of 100 guys.

Why blame government?

Last Bollywood movie I saw in theatre was Dhoom 3. Wasted 3 hours of my life and 100 rupees. 

 

I agree with you, bollywood films have forgotten to come up with their original script, they only are busy making remake of movies from the South or from the Hollywood. Dhoom 3 was still ok as compared to Bang Bnag..i could not complete this bogus movie. Not sure what are we left with in terms of entertainment, substandard movies and low grade serials and even news channels are full of advertisements instead of showing news....they are more busy in generating revenue and TRPs. 

 

There is a joke on these TV serials and news.

A TRP surveyor asked a viewer, " how are our TV serials"?

The viewer was first confused, and then recovered. Said, "Oh, those serials which appear now and then for 3 minutes, after a load of Ads lasting for 45 minutes ?.

The official of TRP survey left the place in a jiffy.

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