The L.A. Times has a story today about the violent disappearance of the "family hour" of television - that vaunted time from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. where mom, dad and the kiddies would sit down and watch good-hearted shows with morals, lessons and other tolerable plot themes (for me, this was The Cosby Show, among others). I guess not everyone's a fan of 24 for the 9-year-olds. The report (Kudos to the Times for actually posting it) says sex and violence have taken over the watching hours after school and work, and shows like Kiefer Sutherland's modern-day MacGuyver (let's be honest) among others have soiled a formerly pristine time for TV. Even The Simpsons and Family Guy (especially the latter) have made a mess of the subset.