Article: TV's dysfunctional family affair: the really shocking shows are on Nick at Nite. (television programs about dysfunction families)

If there's one thing politicians seem to be good at, it's jumping on a dead trend. Vice President Al Gore is a master of this. In August, just before the Democrat convention, he was spotted dancing the Macarena. A couple of months later, in October, Gore attacked Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He called the show "sugary and sociopathic." Passe would have been more apt.

A few days after Gore's rant, 22 members of Congress showed they were on top of things by attacking the 10-year-old Fox television series Married... With Children. They sent a letter to Fox decrying the network's decision to move the show from its 9:30 p.m. time slot to 7 p.m. on Sunday. These lawmakers ...

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