Parents Television Council

PTC Messes With The 'B---- In Apartment 23'

Posted 04.17.2012

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Not only should you not "Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," but you shouldn't watch "the B---- in Apartment 23" either, according to the Parents Televi...

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'Bully' Rating OK By Parents Television Council

AP | Posted 05.09.2012

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LOS ANGELES — A petition urging the film-ratings board to overturn the "R" rating it gave to the teen-centric documentary "Bully" has garnered m...

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PTC Targets MTV's New Show

Posted 02.14.2012

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The Parents Television Council is going after MTV once again, and this time for their new scripted series "I Just Want My Pants Back," based off David...

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From M.I.A. to Susan G. Komen: How to Be Outraged in America

Mark Morford | Posted 04.09.2012

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What flavor of revolt and indignation do you prefer as we dance like drunken angels into the wilds of 2012? Choose wisely, and you can become a full and informed participant in the culture. Choose poorly, and the world is joyless as bible study in Rick Santorum's shame dungeon.

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Did You Watch Last Night's Controversial Episode of Glee?

Posted 01.09.2012

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Did you catch last night's episode of Glee? If so, you know the reason it's causing such a stir -- the episode depicts two teen couples, one gay and o...

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Conservative Group Outraged Over 'X-Factor' Frontal Nudity

Posted 11.23.2011

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UPDATE: The contestant amidst controversy, Geo Godley, tells TMZ, his outfit was nothing worse than what you see at the beach. He further insists that...

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Conservative Activist Group Rips Sex, Drug Humor In Cartoons

Posted 10.17.2011

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The Parents Television Council, the conservative media watchdog group that recently complained about the upcoming NBC show "The Playboy Club," release...

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Parents and Media Ratings: Context Isn't a New Concept

David Kleeman | Posted 08.21.2011

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In the July issue of "Pediatrics," a research team headed by Iowa State's Douglas Gentile found that parents are not satisfied with age-based rating s...

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VOTE: Rihanna's 'Man Down' Video: Art Or Exploitation?

Posted 08.03.2011

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Rihanna's new video for her song, "Man Down," has become the focus of an exchange between the artist and media watchdog groups like the Parents Televi...

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Rihanna FIRES BACK At Critics

Posted 08.02.2011

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And you thought Rihanna was mad in that music video. The Barbadian popstar's new video for the single, "Man Down," drew calls of outrage and protes...

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Rihanna, Britney Spears Billboard Performance Blasted By Parents Television Council

The Hill's Hillicon Valley | Posted 07.24.2011

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The Parents Television Council is protesting what they term an "explicit" performance by pop artists Rihanna and Britney Spears on Sunday night's broa...

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A 'Glee' For Glenn Beck?

Posted 05.25.2011

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A 'Glee' for Glenn Beck? Hallelujah! No, really. That's the name. Marc Cherry, writer for "The Golden Girls," and the creator of "Desperate Housewi...

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'Skins': What Parents Should Know

Dr. Harold Koplewicz | Posted 11.17.2011

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There's a theory out there that posits a giant "feedback loop" between MTV and other purveyors of youth culture and the kids who consume it. Shows like "Skins" actually do hold up a mirror to a portion of their audience.

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WATCH: The Skins Scene MTV Was Worried Broke Child Pornography Laws

Hunter Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Not only is the exploration of sex, drinking, and drugs on Skins a good thing, the show's writers haven't gone nearly far enough.

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MTV's Skins: Suffer The Little Children

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

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MTV's version of Skins is, in my humble, vaguely nauseated opinion, repellent -- but not for the same reasons that the PTC and several advertisers have judged it similarly.

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WATCH: MTV's 'Skins' Airs Teen Lesbian Love Scene

Posted 05.25.2011

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As advertisers flee, MTV's 'Skins' keeps getting racier. In an upcoming episode, they introduce the lesbian sexual yearnings of one of its leads, T...

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Conservative Parents Group's Influence Waning

nytimes.com | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 05.25.2011

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These are difficult days for the decency police. The Parents Television Council spent most of the last decade as a conservative superstar in the cultu...

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TV Is Smutty, but the Parents Television Council Is a Disgrace

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obviously sexualizing children is wrong. But so is talking nonsense about nothing in language designed to deceive.

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Parents' Group Calls 'Glee' GQ Shoot Pedophilic, GQ RESPONDS

Posted 05.25.2011

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A parents' group has taken issue with the racy GQ shoot that shows 'Glee' stars Lea Michelle and Dianna Agron (both 24) stripping in the halls of a hi...

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Parents Group To Advertisers: Boycott William Shatner Show

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — William Shatner, of all people, stands at the center of television's latest moral battleground. He's the cantankerous lead character...

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CBS' 'Shit My Dad Says' Angers Parents Group

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A parents group is threatening CBS affiliates with challenges to their broadcast licenses if they air the network's new comedy with a...

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Shit My Dad Smokes

Christopher Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is it just me, or is this overwrought indignation about "bad words" a close parallel to the nation's war on marijuana -- albeit without the non-violent victims doing time in prison?

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Violence Against Women On TV Concerns Parents Television Council

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A group that monitors violence in prime-time television says it's concerned about women being more frequent targets. The Parents Tel...

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"Gossip Girl" Threesome Prompts Parents Television Council Campaign

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — On-air promos for a sexual threesome on an upcoming episode of "Gossip Girl" have spurred the Parents Television Council to ask affil...

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Britney Spears' Song Protested For Indecency Over Lyrics

Billboard/YouTube | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Parents Television Council is warning parents about the Britney Spears song "If U Seek Amy" and urging radio stations not to broadcast it because ...

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