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Since ancient times, soap operas have presented many continuous stories, the content of the stories is very diverse. Many soap operas have high ratings. One of them is the soap opera that will be discussed in this research, namely the soap opera Street Children A New Beginning which aired on GTV. This soap opera has also been criticized by the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) because there are many scenes that should not be published. The KPI believes that this soap opera contains many violations committed by teenagers. The aim of this research is to measure the street children broadcast program A New Beginning on GTV, measure the behavior of teenagers in RW 011 North Meruya Village and measure the influence of the Street Children Program A New Beginning on GTV on the behavior of teenagers in RW 011 North Meruya Village. The theories used in this research are broadcasting, broadcast media, broadcast programs, types of programs, watching and soap operas as well as adolescent behavior theory. This research uses a quantitative approach and survey research mode. The data collection technique was carried out by distributing questionnaires to 75 predetermined respondents. Sampling used the Startified Random Sampling Technique. This research is shown by the average value of respondents' answers for variable (X) of 3.63, this value is classified as high (Agree) and the average value of respondents' answers for variable (Y) is also classified as high (Agree) at 4.03. The quite large influence of soap opera program broadcasts on adolescent behavior can also be assessed at the (R) correlation of 0.806 which is classified as very high and R square 0.649 or 64.9% influence while the remaining 35.1% is influenced by other factors.

This study aims to find out about the perception of street children soap operas on RCTI by the Community in the Koto Baru Village, West Pasaman. The initial problems with television shows, especially the soap opera "Street Children" which is currently so loved by some Indonesian people today, and also people in West Pasaman and its surroundings. it seems that these shows no longer provide positive benefits to society. which often featured scenes of fights between motorbike gangs, then also always presented scenes with arrogant, cunning, and evil characters. This of course can have the effect of changing people's bad behavior as well, due to the habit of watching these shows. By using descriptive research methods to study problems in society, as well as procedures in society and certain situations including relationships, activities, attitudes, views and ongoing processes and the influence of a phenomenon including the street children soap opera. The results of the study found that: in general, street children soap operas are very much liked by Indonesian people, this is because these shows have several important elements that are the center of public attention, namely artists, the characters of the soap opera players and also the big names of RCTI TV stations, as well as broadcast time it's still not late. RCTI's soap operas for street children still don't provide many positive benefits for the development of society, because they still don't highlight elements of education, then they always highlight bad or evil behavior, and also always highlight scenes of fights between motorbike gangs, so that they display more elements of violence in the show. Street children soap operas that focus on elements of entertainment for the community and audience and there are a few religious elements that can be seen in these shows.