As the toilet flushes

NBC executive vice president for program scheduling sounded the death nell for "family hour" entertainment in a recent NY Times article.

In explaining NBC's decision to lower the bar of the family hour to new levels of vulgarity, Mitch Metcalf stated,

"It was not to be construed as a return to a strictly defined family hour,” he said, featuring wholesome shows like “Little House on the Prairie,” a hit on NBC in the late 1970s and early ’80s. “Those days and those audience expectations are gone."

No, sir, they are not gone. They are simply waiting for a return to LHotP-like programming. But if you keep serving the kind of fare you currently offer, they'll not return to your commode-shaped food trough.