• Slightly Off Religious Path, Iranian TV Finds Viewers

State TV, which had a monopoly on viewership until satellite channels began to draw more viewers beginning in the early 1990s, has been trying to win back its audience for several years. One result: a spate of mini-series that depict love stories between characters who are not necessarily pious, and that allow women to show more of their hair — both of which have been considered un-Islamic.

Imagine if our only problem with TV was that they were showing too much hair! It's still for the sake of propaganda, though. (Is American TV different?)