Sex and the City (1998-2004): It’s strange to think of Sex and the City as being controversial since just about everyone has seen the show, but it was! It was considered one of the first shows that gave a frank portrayal of sex and dating for single women in New York.

The Sopranos (1999-2007): This legitimately ground breaking show for HBO was the portrayal of a mob family and it depicted not just sex, but also deeper topics such as homophobia, addiction, crime and depression.

Beverly Hills 90210 (1990-2000): We now think of 90210 as superficial and self absorbed, but when it originally aired, it worried man parents with its portrayal of sex and drugs in the lives of teenagers.

NYPD Blue (1993-2005): NYPD Blue aired in 1993 and its first season shocked network audiences with the male and female nudity, crude language and its gritty and brutal look at police culture.

Ellen (1994-1998): There’s actually nothing really controversial with this show, but, the show struck an important cultural moment when its star came out of the closet on the show. ABC was prompted o place a parental advisory at the beginning of each episode.

South Park (1997-Present): This show has drawn so much controversy that even satirized the controversy itself in the South Park movie.

Queer as Folk (1999): This show followed the lives of three young gay men. The particular controversial scene was the depiction of a 15 year old having sex with an older man.

The Jerry Springer Show (1991-Present): This show epitomized the concept of trashy television and brought an overall lowering of standards that eventually bled into reality TV and other genres.

The Real World (1994-Present): The Real World is being blamed for starting the reality televisions genre.

It was in the 60′s though, with the meteoric popularity of rock and roll when groupies began to gain notoriety of not actual celebrity above and beyond the specific medium they played in. Because of the mercurial nature of isolated rock stars, often thousands of miles from home, women providing these rock gods who with a meal, a possibility of clean laundry and a soft willing pussy for the night suddenly began to be able to demand their price. And their price would include drugs, clothes and jewelry; unlimited travel to and from the gigs where their boyfriend was coming to and fro from; and most importantly spending time with popular musician and having his attention in and out of bed. Being a consort of the king, even if there was more then one king any given week jetting through Los Angeles, De Moines or New York City, these women held an exalted position even if it was transitory.

This was also before the time of HIV and other dangerous STD’s so rampant today. If a woman was taking her birth control pills, then truly there wasn’t much to worry about with casual sexual contact other then a passing around a case of VD, easily cured with some penicillin injections. A Hedonistic lifestyle, a constant party and orgies of paralleled size and indulgence was the girl’s life as long as she could sustain her libido or keep her musician happy for as long a she stayed in her town. Competition fierce, with ass, tits and cunts being thrown at him in a never-ending barrage of pink firm parts, the rock gentry had his pick of whichever groupie took his fancy.

These days the scene has much quieted. The ravages of time have seen groupies married or retired, or both. Rock stars are either too old to partake in such running around are married or not touring any longer and whole new generation of musician, sports star and the women who want them have replaced the older generation.