Nickelodeon is reportedly considering airing a special on teen pregnancy:
Nickelodeon is considering a special for its young audience about sex and love following the news that 16-year-old “Zoey 101″ star Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant.
The television network has made no announcement about the future of “Zoey 101,” its popular program aimed primarily at youngsters aged 9-14. Filming for the show’s fourth and final season has finished, and episodes are scheduled to begin airing in February.
For the special, Nickelodeon said it’s talking with Linda Ellerbee, the veteran newswoman who has stepped in frequently in the past with shows on talking to children about difficult issues in the news. She’s done shows about same-sex parents, AIDS, the Columbine shooting and President Clinton’s impeachment scandal.
“I think it’s important that something be done,” Ellerbee told The Associated Press on Thursday. “But I think it’s important that it be done in a measured way, and not just to feed the beast of news stories.
Because you know, nothing involving the Spears clan ever attracts unnecessary media attention.
December 20th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
This is weirder than the news that the book by Britney and Jamie Lynn’s mother has been “postponed indefinitely” by the publisher?
Maybe it has to do with the topic of the book: How to be a good mother and the importance of sexual abstinence for teenagers.