Skip Navigation  Family Room  A Conversation With Brent Bozell
All media seem to push the envelope. What made you concentrate
on TV? Entertainment television is the single most powerful
cultural force in our society today. If you're concerned about
the sewage pouring into our society, you have to look at
television and the role it plays. We formed the Parents
Television Council in 1995 to build a wall and simply say, "No
more." It was very difficult at first. It was a brand-new
concept, and the general belief was that nothing could be done.
But then I met [late comedian] Steve Allen. He was my political
opposite, and yet we agreed on this issue of entertainment. I
remember reading a speech he gave at the Banff Film Festival,
where he took the industry to task, and I figured he'd do what
everyone else does: apologize soon after because it could ruin
his career. He didn't. In fact, two weeks later he gave another
speech even tougher than the first one. He came onboard as our
honorary chairman. We now have over