Flutterby™! : TV destroying marriage

Forbes reports on the Parents Television Council's "Happily Never After" study of prime time television:

"Today's prime-time television programming is not merely indifferent to the institution of marriage and the stabilizing role it plays in our society," the study reports, "it seems to be actively seeking to undermine marriage by consistently painting it in a negative light."

As a television non-watcher I have trouble second-guessing this study, but, yeah, I'm sure that the "Everybody Loves Raymond" portrayal of marriage is just awful compared to, say, "The Honeymooners" ("Bang, zoom, straight to the moon!" and "One of these days … one of these days … POW, right in the kisser!") or "I Love Lucy".

Gloria Brame has a few additional comments.