This week in TV Guide: October 13, 1973

When we ask the question "Does TV Go Too Far," keep in mind that we're looking at this from the perspective of 1973, Today, society has become so libertine that I'm not sure you can go too far on TV (or anywhere else for that matter), but despite Watergate, Vietnam, inflation, drugs, and disco, the 1970s are a more innocent time, and so we ask the question. The poll, commissioned by TV Guide and conducted by Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton, NJ and documented by Neil Hickey, tells us that Americans have definite opinions regarding what is called the "new permissiveness" on television. Among the conclusions suggested by the poll:Almost 40 percent think TV is "a lot more open and frank than it should be."Forty-one percent think there's too much sex, while nearly two-thirds think there's too much violence.More than half are in favor of a review board "to screen TV shows for the purpose of keeping programs of 'questionable taste' off the air." Not surprisingly, as we've seen with…