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THE BOOBS TUBE.(sex in television)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

The American Enterprise

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Studies show TV continues to become scuzzier. The latest Kaiser Foundation research on 1,114 randomly selected programs finds 68 percent of all shows now contain sexual content--up sharply from 56 percent just two years ago.

In certain categories, the raunch is even more pervasive. Fully 84 percent of all sit-coms, for ...

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