title: Family Friendly Programming Forum
text: # Family Friendly Programming Forum
  
  The Family Friendly Programming Forum is a coalition of over 40 advertisers, all of whom belong to the Association of National Advertisers. They seek to increase the amount of "family-friendly" programming on U.S. television.
  
  They define family-friendly programming as:
  
  It is relevant to today's TV viewer, has generational appeal, depicts real life and is appropriate in theme, content and language for a broad family audience. Family friendly programs also embody a responsible resolution. Family friendly programs may include movies, dramas, situation comedies and informational programs.
  
  The FFPF supports various programs and initiatives:
  
  * Script Development Fund
  * Student Scholarship Program
  * Annual Symposium
  * Family Television Awards
  
  Projects that the script-development fund has helped reach the pilot stage include:
  
  * Gilmore Girls
  * Life Is Wild
  * The 2007 reboot of Bionic Woman
  * Chuck
  * Ugly Betty
  * Friday Night Lights
  * Brothers & Sisters
  * Everybody Hates Chris
  * Notes from the Underbelly
  * Runaway
  * Commander in Chief
  * The New Adventures of Old Christine
  * Related
  * Complete Savages
  * Clubhouse
  * 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
  * American Dreams
  * Big Time
  
  The fund has no influence on the direction of the show further than the pilot.
  
  