for TV, but maybe u can help

[Megan]

This question is for TV and I know I'm in the wrong forum but maybe you guys can help.

I've searched google for this but have come up empty.

 I am looking for a list of tv shows that shows though the years, ( <1950s to present)

how profanity has increased. Sort of like, the first TV show that allowed the word "damn", or the F-word, then how it has increased to present day. 

This would be helpful for some research I am doing.

A list form would be great, something like as follows: (THE FOLLOWING IS JUST AN EXAMPLE and not fact)

 "Little House on The Prairie" - 1974 - "Damn"

"Dawsons Creek" - 1998 - "F-Word"

"Grey's Anatomy" - MotherF*****

I searched statistic sites and TV blogs but nada.....

 Thanks for any and all suggestions/input.....

[Debra]

1950's - I Love Lucy - Lucy & Ricky slept in the same bed, not twin beds...
hope this helps a bit with your research

[Carl]

 The movie "Gone with the Wind" (1939) is thought by many as the earliest film in which the d word was used when Clark Gable made his now famous phrase "Frankly my dear,,,"  Having watched numerous classic films I believe I can safely say the use of profanity is very, very rare on those films of the 1950s and prior.  But just when they started using profanity as a part of their everyday language I cannot venture a guess.  It does appear as the years roll on the use of profanity has greatly increased to the extent everybody is using it--men, women and even children, including the most vulgar words.

[Bill Davis]

Here's some stuff to get you started.

http://www.incredibleinman.com/?p=698

http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/reports/stateindustrylang...

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-21/news/sns-rt-usa-telev...

[Megan]

I knew about the first two links you provided but was most appreciative of the last link.

Thank you so much, it was just what I was looking for!

[Tom Arnold]

NYPD Blue was a pivotal show in regard to profanity after 9:00PM. There has been a lot written on this show and its use of "sh#t", "pr@ck", "C*cksucker", etc..

[Movie-Knut]

The sitcom 'Episodes' (2011) used the expletive 'c--t' in one episode. I think it was episode 4.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1582350/

[Tom Arnold]

@Movie-Knut

You raise a very good point. The advent of HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, etc. produced series were a milestone in TV's use of "blue" language. These shows paved the way for the networks to "loosen their belts".