Californication - the dirtiest program to grace TV??

[David]

Bolt's opinion is as valid as anyone else (and after all, that is what the 'opinion' pages are for).

Just wish he didn't have to present it in such a manipulative manner. Otherwise, he might have some good points.

[favourites 2008]

Seriously just wait for the scene when they get high, absolute pissa. And at the dinner table, just as funny. This show isn't that bad, some people just can't feed through the language and sex.

DTM you made me laugh so hard, I like Sexual References, that has to be post of the year.

[Alec. J. Hidell]

Funniest show I have seen in a long long time

[Syd_Magpies_Girl]

The Christian Groups in Australia seem to becoming very Americanised with their whinging, ranting, and lack of acceptance towards other peoples choices.

This is why I am atheist.

Californication labelled pornographic
Thursday August 30, 2007
With a title like Californication it was never likely to be a TV show for all the family.

But some critics have labelled the new Network Ten program offensive and pornographic.

The American show debuted on Australian screens at 9.30pm on Monday night, and featured former X-Files star David Duchovny engaged in four sex scenes in the 40 minute episode.

Ten billed the show as a fresh, edgy and sexy new drama, but some media commentators have called the show nothing more than pornography, while religious groups say it attacks the Christian faith.

The opening sequence of the first episode depicted Duchovny's character Hank Moody praying to Jesus in front of a giant crucifix while a nun performed oral sex on him.

The Australian Christian Lobby said the scene was unacceptable.

"We have 64 per cent of Australians identify themselves as Christian, and yet you have a program like this that is trying to mock them or insult them," spokeswoman Glynis Quinlan said.

"Australians love a joke and there's nothing wrong with that, but that doesn't mean you should take it to the point of demeaning situations and trying to ridicule people's faith.

"Where is the humour in that?"

Ms Quinlan accused Ten of using shock tactics to boost ratings.

"As far as I can tell this program is only about sex, sex and more sex," she said.

"There's no excuse for having four sex scenes in the first episode, including one involving violence and statutory rape.

"What we're seeing is more and more programs put on TV that push the boundaries further and further, with the idea obviously to get the ratings by shock tactics."

Californication attracted 981,000 viewers on Monday night, but snagged 40 per cent of younger viewers in the 18-49 year-old bracket in its timeslot.

Ms Quinlan called on the program classification watchdog, Free TV Australia, to investigate whether Californication complies with the standards.

"We've been looking up the classification standards, and it actually says ... on the mature audience classification standards that a program will not be acceptable where the subject matter serves largely or wholly as a vehicle for gratuitous, exploitative or demeaning portrayal of sexual behaviour or nudity," she said.

"And I would say well that doesn't seem to fit with that guideline to me, from what I can see the program is all about gratuitous sex.

"So you wonder if there may be a breach of that classification standard there and I would hope this is something the regulators will be looking into."

Ten said Californication may not be to everyone's taste, but it complied with the code.

"Californication has absolutely hit the mark with Ten's audience and we couldn't be happier," said chief programming officer David Mott.

"It is the kind of edgy programming our audience demand from us."

Ms Quinlan said the Christian Lobby were also concerned about the graphic imagery in the Seven Network's new police drama City Homicide, and offensive content in comedian Chris Lilley's new mockumentary, Summer Heights High, which starts on the ABC next Wednesday.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=286983

If everyone hates it so much, why are they getting good ratings?! Don't like it? DON'T WATCH IT AND GIVE EVERYONE ELSE THE RIGHT TO BE ENTERTAINED AS THEY PLEASE!!!

[kickit2me]

[Birdy]

Don't care if people want to watch porn, soft porn, or whatever. Just do it in the privacy of your own home and don't broadcast it on FTA TV.

Theres adult stores, pay TV channels and plenty of websites for that sort of thing.

Have never watched or heard of this show but it sounds filthy and the fact they brought God into it is a disgrace.

It's time for the Government to step in and set some new standards for television now that Channel Ten has become the porn channel with Big Brothel and now this.

[Dave The Man]

[stui magpie]

[Dave The Man]

[Syd_Magpies_Girl]

Yeah exactly. SBS has more pornographic material than any of the other FTA stations. Don't like pornographic related material? I suggest you never get FOXTEL either! You'd hate to watch FOX8 on Saturday nights

[Syd_Magpies_Girl]

May I add just another thing - the 'pornography' that you see on Big Brother is REAL. Not staged, so I fail to see why it's something so wrong for specials such as Uncut to be aired late at night, when firstly, kids should be in bed, and there are 4 other stations to watch.

I wouldn't comment if you haven't seen the show. You can't try and make a justified statement that bringing god into was a disgrace, if you haven't seen the show.

For the record, I've had sex in a church twice.

And once, it was with an altar boy.

Do you want to censor me now? Do I offend you?

[Dave The Man]

[The Prototype]

[Birdy]

[HAL]

I only hear that type of response less than five percent of the time.