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Talking With TV: A Guide to Starting Dialogue With Youth You and your children can talk with TV—and use it as a conversation starter and a resource for addressing difficult but critically important adolescent issues.
But talking to TV is equally important! When you have a compliment, complaint or criticism, go to the source. Letting networks and show producers, as well as advocacy and education groups, know what you think about television shows, tells everyone that you are paying attention. Your input also helps them design future shows and gives them valuable feedback to enhance current ones.
So—write, and write often and encourage your children to do the same!
Be specific about what you don't like, but be sure to let people know what you do like. If you think a show's producer has portrayed an issue inappropriately, communicate specifically how.
If there is an episode or a program that was right on target, let the writers, producers and the networks know that you want to see more shows like that one. The positive approach often is more effective in getting your ideas heard.
Letters that are a unrelieved string of complaints may be personally satisfying, but will have less impact.
Each program description in the season supplement has the name and address of the company that produced it. The addresses of the networks that air them and other organizations concerned with television and young people are listed below. Your letters to producers, networks and other organizations will be welcomed—and noticed! Networks | ABC
Audience Information Department
77 West 66th Street
New York, NY 10023
(212)456-1419 | A&E Network
235 East 45th Street
New York, NY 10017
(212) 210-1340 | | Black Entertainment Television (BET)
1900 W Place NE
Washington, DC 20018
(202) 608-2000 | Bravo
150 Crossways Park
Woodbury, NY 11797
(516) 364-222 | | Cable News Network (CNN)
One CNN Center
Atlanta, GA 30374
(404) 827-1500 | CBS
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 975-3247 | | Cinemax
1100 6th Avenue
New York, NY 10036
(212) 512-1000 | Columbia TriStar Television
9336 West Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232 | | Comedy Central
1775 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(212) 767-8600 | Court TV
600 Third Avenue Second Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212) 268-7856 | | The Discovery Channel
7700 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
(800) 813-7409 | The Disney Channel
3800 West Alameda Avenue
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 569-7897 | | Dreamworks Television
100 Universal City Plaza
Bldg. 10, 27th floor
Universal City, CA 91608 | E! Entertainment Television
5750 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 954-2400 | | ESPN
ESPN Plaza
935 Middle Street
Bristol, CT 06010
(203) 585-2236 | The Family Channel
International Family Entertainment
Park West 2877 Guardian Lane
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
(804) 459-6000 | | Fox
10201 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035 | Fox Broadcasting
PO. Box 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
(310) 369-1000 | | Fox Children's Network
1440 S. Sepulveda Boulevard
3rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90025 | Fox Family Channel
10960 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025 | | Home Box Office (HBO)
1100 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 512-1000 | The Learning Channel
Discovery Networks
7700 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 986-0444 | | Lifetime
Worldwide Plaza
309 West 49th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 424-7000 | The Movie Channel
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(212) 708-1600 | | MTV / VH1
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
(212)258-8000 | The Nashville Network
2806 Opryland Drive
Nashville, TN 37314
(615) 883-7000 | | NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
(212) 664-3370 | Nickelodeon
1515 Broadway 21st Floor
New York, NY 10036-8995
(212) 258-7579 | | PBS
1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 739-5000 | Showtime
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(212) 708-1600 | | Turner Broadcast (TBS)
One CNN Center
Atlanta, GA 30374
(404) 827-1500 | UPN Network
11800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025 | | USA Network
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 408-9100 | The WB
4000 Warner Boulevard
Building 34R
Burbank, CA 91522 | Organizations Concerned with TV | Advocates for Youth
2000 M Street NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 419-3420
fax (202) 419-1448
| The Media Project
3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd., # 237
Studio City, CA 91604
(323) 318-0825
fax (323) 650-6558
| | American Federation of Teachers
444 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 879-4400 | Children's Television Workshop
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY 10023
(212) 595-3456 | | Federal Communications Commission
1919 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005 | National Association of Broadcasters
1771 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 833-4000 | | National Council for Families and Televisions
3801 Barham Boulevard
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90068 | TV Guide
4 Radnor Corporate Center
Radnor, PA 19088
(215) 293-8500 |
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