I feel so old

Last night I was watching John Heilman host Dateline: White House and he used (not for the first time) "language".  Language my mother would not approve of, language that still somewhat shocks me when I hear it on television (including on so-called premium cable; I'm old enough to remember when cable meant getting more than the two channels we got using an antenna back in SmallVillage).

Don't get me wrong: I swear like a something. 

And no, Mom didn't approve.

Still, when the "Hush" episode of Buffy aired, I was a little surprised by scenes like this:

.  And then the opening credits had this:

(Note: I'm not including Hawkeye's use of "dreck" in M*A*S*H because that wasn't exactly a commonly known swear word).

But when Heilman used "bullshit"?  I know times have changed.  I know we're all grownups.  I know he could say worse (Charlie Sykes got scolded for using "dick" as in "dick pic" recently - not sure that's exactly worse!).  Still, it made me feel old.

Swearing, at least when I was growing up, was transgressive.  Not something you hear on the evening news.  At 5pm.  Even before "family hour".  I guess I'm wrong.