Television is an immense force that can push a society in certain directions. Billions of people watch it daily for its news, information, and entertainment values. As America has changed over the years, the television industry has changed with it. One can not say weather television itself has caused this drastic change, or if it is the people themselves that are responsible for the way the media markets its television shows to its audience. However, the greatest change that a viewer can notice from when television first arrived into the homes of Americans compared with it today is the amount of sexual and mature material that is shown on TV. What was once considered too risqué and banned from the air, is now shown everyday with little amounts of impact on the audiences tolerance for sex and violence. It has been criticized that television marketers are showing too much to their audiences causing harmful and a mimic-like behavior to what is seen on TV. However, many see the sexual revolution on television as a positive aspect to American culture, for it provides a mass amount of information to the viewers that was not accessible earlier on. Furthermore, television allows its audience to ask questions of equality and acceptance that must be addressed in a society, and perhaps, it can promote change within our sometimes strict societal boundaries.
             It is easy for one to find a program that contains sexual and adult content while sitting down to watch any form of TV. Over the years, matters of sex, relationships, and the events of the realistic characters portrayed on TV have been exposed to the public in a vast majority of ways. Television has become not only a way of expression for the creators of the shows, but also a way of expression for audience members. Therefore it is valid that television has a huge impact on American culture and its citizens, in the way we act, think, consume, and ultimately the way we see ...