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> Decide on any exempt shows: There may be few shows that you feel are educational and want to encourage yourself and your other family members to watch.

That's exactly what I have done. Family Guy is exempt, Seinfeld is exempt if it's one I haven't seen before (I'm new to the US, so I still have that occasional joy)

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I only watch shows that are exempt, I do this by watching solely on an off-cable medium. Not having the advertising helps to see more shows in less time.

All movies are exempt for me, however again I usually only watch DVD's. I came from the UK where TV always shows complete episodes, not the syndicated crap, and movies aren't cut and edited to death. I believe when I first came to Canada most stations still cropped the picture in movies, I never even knew anyone did that, because on a PAL set the quality is high enough to keep the letter box format, so the switch to NTSC cemented the death of TV.

I've not gotten to exempt shows, but I have blocked entire chanels, including the MTV family. It's been great for me and my whole family. I need to block more.

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