NAB Television Code (1970)

I remember when I was growing up thinking that the NAB Shield that appeared on most TV shows made it "official" -not sure what official meant back then but we saw it at the end of every network show. To bad the media has put profit over quality. NAB bring the code back.... I am not sure now a days anyone would pay attention anyways. A Sad commentary indeed.

Some of this they could still use in this day and age. I swear, things they have on TV would never have flown in our day and age.

that seal was on the brady bunch credits

Gerkuman--

You've hit it right on the nose, except there was one thing you didn't elaborate on--until the late 1960s and early 1970s, when premium TV came along, you couldn't even say "pants" on TV without getting a nasty letter from either the FCC or the National Association of Broadcasters, as this was one of the rules that was set back in 1951, when the old NARTB (National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters) first enacted the separate Radio and Television Codes. The Radio Code only remained in effect until the mid 1960s, whilst the Television Code remained in effect until about 1983 or '84, then it was lifted, though some groups would like to see it re-instated. Good choice the NAB made to have Dick Cavett do the announcement for the TV Code.

You know, when you think about it most TV breaks these rules now. Bad guys are often portrayed as heroes, we just call them anti-heroes to make them sound nicer XD

I love this spot, I wish TV would take this to heart nowadays.

National American Bible? Code? What happened to all of those? WTF? I'm asking way too many questions that make no sense.

I just found out that Dick Cavett was the person who narrated this at the end.

God this commerical is depressing!
It kinda reminds me of http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/374/
for some reason!