"Executives and parents were saying there will be backlash. But all of these things were happening in our society, and so I turned to the network people and I said 'what are you protecting these kids from at 8:00 at night that they can't know about on the news at 6:30? What are you protecting your viewers from?'"
-Chuck Rosin on Dark Side Of The 90s, S1E3, TV For Teens
I remember how "Beverly Hills 90210" aired that episode where Brenda and Dylan have sex. Months later, a schoolteacher asked for condoms to be distributed by quoting the show. It was a big deal, back then, especially with the Anita Hill trial.
I'm looking back on this from my own adulthood and I just got chills.
Change the names and it might as well be the 2020s.