
Parents Television Council Official Page PTC Spokesmen can be seen on the following programs this weekend talking about the Gossip Girl controversy. Watch and tell your friends. Thursday, November 5 at 9:30 pm ET -- Fox News Channel, “Hannity” Friday, November 6 at 7:00 am ET -- The Daily Buzz (Syndicated) Friday, November 6 between 7-8 am ET -- CBS “Early Show” Saturday, November 7 at 9:50 am ET -- Fox News Channel – “Fox & Friends”

Parents Television Council Official Page Join us in calling on CW affiliates to preempt Monday's episode of Gossip Girl by going to www.parentstv.org now to take action. Read more about our efforts below.
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The Parental Television council is asking CW affiliates to not air an upcoming episode of Gossip Girl that may depict a threesome.

Parents Television Council Official Page Read our review of Disney's "A Christmas Carol" in theaters this weekend.

Parents Television Council Official Page “While technology can and should play a role in protecting kids from content they shouldn't see, technology alone is unlikely to provide effective results. To suggest otherwise would be to think there is no need for speed limits on our highways because all cars have speed-blocking devices known as brakes.”
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IndyStar.com: Still unsafe for child viewing

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Parents Television Council Official Page Tune in to hear about the new PTC Study "Women in Peril" on MSNBC at noon and on Fox News at 12:45pm, east coast time for both.

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New PTC study shows significant increase in the incidence of female victimization; an increase in the depiction of teen girls as victims; an increase in the use of female victimization as a punch line in comedy series; and an increase in the depiction of intimate partner violence. “Our new research points to a disturbi...ng trend: by depicting violence against women with increasing frequency, or as a trivial, even humorous matter, the broadcast networks may ultimately be contributing to a desensitized atmosphere in which people view aggression and violence directed at women as normative, even acceptable.” said PTC President Tim Winter.Read More
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Parents Television Council Official Page Thinking about taking your kids to the movies this weekend? PTC Green-Lights "Astro Boy" Read our review.

Parents Television Council Official Page Asked by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., if the movie industry has "played a bad role," Kidman said "probably," but quickly added that she herself doesn't."I can't be responsible for all of Hollywood but I can certainly be responsible for my own career," she said.
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WASHINGTON — Nicole Kidman conceded Wednesday that Hollywood has probably contributed to violence against women by portraying them as weak sex objects.

Parents Television Council Official Page With your help, the PTC is holding advertisers accountable for what they sponsor.
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“Cougar Town,” which had its premiere on Sept. 23, was criticized by the Parents Television Council for its “tawdry sexual content.”

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First it was action figures... now Showtime is creating a cartoon based on the serial-killer-as-hero series Dexter. http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/20 09/10/pay-cable-network-to-make-anim.php
Pay Cable Network to Make Animated Version of Hit Series for the Web : TVBizwire : TVWeek - Televisi
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Showtime is launching an animated version of the TV series "Dexter" for the Internet called "Dexter: Early Cuts," according to UPI.

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"Trafficking in bad taste or soft-core smut has become a very easy thing to defend, because whenever you're attacked, you simply call the attacker a fuddy-duddy or a prude. You don't really have to be a reactionary to find MacFarlane's comedy revolting, or to see his 'art' as the mass-media equivalent of peddling smut ...to kids, do you? If so, then maybe there are worse things to be called. It's certainly worth the risk."Read More
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Seth MacFarlane, the Hollywood trade papers say, has a deal with Twentieth Century Fox worth $100 million over the next few years. If you want to see why he is prized so highly, and what it takes to strike it rich in today's Hollywood, check out the cheap smut, sexual innuendo and scatological hu...

Parents Television Council Official Page The ‘f-word’ on ‘Saturday Night Live’ is just the latest example of NBC telling its audience, its affiliates and its advertisers that it really doesn’t care if harsh profanity like this makes it to air.
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From the Florida Times-Union:
Cable TV: Consumers need real choice
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Cable TV has become such a part of everyday life for most Americans that even in a bad economy when folks are trying to save money, most people hang on to it. In fact, for families with children, cable TV is almost a necessity, since only certain cable

Parents Television Council Official Page The Parents Television Council congratulates the 31 companies that have removed their ads from CBS’ “Two and a Half Men” so far in 2009.
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