Detective-adventure series and other action programming on prime-time TV have been criticized for inciting some viewers, especially teenage boys, to commit acts of violence. The most carefully engineered studies have not, however, supported this assumption. Rather, it seems likely that someone who is frustrated and resentful, and therefore prone to violence, is drawn to the kind of programs that show characters who release their frustration in acts of violence.
Which one of the following would provide the most logical concluding sentence for the paragraph above?
A. In fact, action programming probably helps a frustrated viewer release his hostility without resorting to violence.
B. Moreover, there are studies that indicate that teenage boys are more likely than other viewers to believe that the world shown in action programming is realistic.
C. In other words, an unusual interest in action programming may be an indication of a violence-prone personality, rather than an incitement to violence.
D. Be that as it may, action programming continues to grow in popularity with the American TV audience.
E. Therefore, the reasonable observer of the American scene will conclude that action programming should be banned from prime-time TV.
