jiggle television
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[edit]Coined by Paul Klein in the 1970s to criticize the strategy of the ABC television network under Fred Silverman; three successful series on ABC at the time - Charlie's Angels, Wonder Woman, and Three's Company - were described as having spearheaded this term.
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[edit]jiggle television (uncountable)
- The gratuitous use of scantily clad women to appeal to television audiences.
- 1981, Phyllis Diller, The joys of aging--and how to avoid them: can sex keep you young?, →ISBN:
- It's hard to believe that in these days of X-rated motels, jiggle television, and sexual relief through vending machines . . . that some women can be sexually deprived, but it's true.
- 2003, Josh Ozersky, Archie Bunker's America: TV in an Era of Change, 1968-1978, →ISBN:
- For Paul Klein, as astute an observer as there was inside television, the defining programming trend of the time was sex, particularly in the form of "jiggle television."
- 2004, Kelsey Roberts, Bedside Manner: The Landry Brothers, →ISBN, page 88:
- "Classic jiggle television," he explained as he cupped his hands to create a platform for her foot.
- 2013, Robert B. Parker, The Widening Gyre, →ISBN:
- Alexander worries about unisex bathrooms and jiggle television.