Special interests are calling your favorite shows "smut" and "sewage."

Groups like the Parents Television Council regularly call on Congress to change the laws so that politicians would decide what's on TV in our own homes.

Take a look at just a few of the shows they’ve targeted recently:

• American Idol (2004), Emmy® Award-winner, Outstanding Reality/Competition Program
• Gilmore Girls (2004, 2003)
• Angel (2004)
• Frasier (2004), multiple Emmy® Award-winner, Outstanding Comedy Series
• Friends (2003)
• Charmed (2003)
• Scrubs (2003)
• The Simpsons (2003), Emmy® Award-winner, Outstanding Animated Program
• The Amazing Race (2003), Emmy® Award-winner, Outstanding Reality/Competition Program
• King of the Hill (2003)
• Futurama (2003), Emmy® Award-winner, Outstanding Animated Program
• Will & Grace (2003)
• Steve Harvey’s Big Time (2003)
• Survivor (2003), Emmy® Award-winner, Outstanding Reality/Competition Program and Outstanding Non-fiction Programming
• NYPD Blue (2003), Emmy® Award-winner, Outstanding Drama Series
• One Tree Hill (2003)
• Everwood (2002)
• Boston Public (2001)
• CSI (2001), Emmy® Award-winner, Outstanding Drama Series

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