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TV Today Vulgar, Says Steve Allen

New York Daily News

TV legend Steve Allen doesn’t think much of the current television landscape.

During a keynote address at the annual Banff TV Festival in Canada, Allen summed up today’s TV as “vulgarians entertaining barbarians.”

In his heyday, during the 1950s, TV was rooted in good taste, Allen said, adding that TV today has fueled a breakdown in ethical standards.