Television Has Kids Mesmerized

eir favorite action hero is beating up a bad guy, kids think that it is all right. At a young age a kid will envy a character on television and will have a preconceived idea that whatever the character does is acceptable. Children will also take what they see on television and try to use it in their everyday life. For example, “Children under the age of seven or eight are more likely to imitate the fighting moves they see on the screen than older kids” (“Television” 1). Kids could go along life thinking it is OK with fighting to solve problems. Violence on television can be harmful in more ways than one. On the one hand, kids will imitate what they watch, but kids are also very easily brainwashed. Children may get a false impression of what the world is really like. If all the children see is violence on television, then, of course, the children will be a little apprehensive about the world. All of the violence could also make the kids angry at the world, certain types of people, and specific groups. Most prime time shows on television have a predominately white cast. It has been noted that “Of 26 pilots the networks announced for fall, none has a minority star” (Poniewozik 70). The only major networks that have minorities in leading roles are the UPN and the WB. Will minorities ever have leading roles in sitcoms? As one author puts it “Space aliens will have more network lead roles than Asians or Native Americans” Pena 3 (Poniewozik 70). Do television executives have a legitimate reason for the lack of minorities? First of all, there is a lack

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