I think it's possible, especially since positive things on TV can have likewise positive effects on kids. We can kid ourselves all we want but the bottom line is TV is a heavy medium and what kids see have a big influence on them. Fonzie gets a library card, library card registry goes up 500% that week, The Facts of Life deals with suicide, and they get letters from hundreds of kids thanking them for talking about it so they know they weren't alone in how they were feeling. So likewise why couldn't the more negative aspects affect them? But stuff like does watching people smoke on TV make kids smoke? Hell no, that's a cop out by parents who are too weak to put their feet down.