Parents Television Council
Founder(s)	L. Brent Bozell III
Type	Interest group
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Alexandria, Virginia and Los Angeles, California
Key people	L. Brent Bozell III (founder), Tim Winter (current president), advisory board members include Billy Ray Cyrus, C. Delores Tucker, Sam Brownback, Steve Allen
Area served	United States
Focus	"Bringing back responsibility and family values to the entertainment industry"
Method	Media attention, direct-appeal campaigns
Members	1,000,000[1]
Slogan	"Because our children are watching"
Website	http://www.parentstv.org

The Parents Television Council (PTC) is a US-based nonprofit organization run and founded by conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III whose stated goal is to "promote and restore responsibility to the entertainment industry."^[2] Its campaigns include allowing subscribers to select and pay for only the cable channels that they prefer to watch, holding advertisers accountable for the television programs that they sponsor, and trying to keep children from watching television content they deem to be harmful and negative. Over the years, the PTC has launched several campaigns in response to perceived "indecency" on television programs. Such campaigns have also involved filing complaints with the FCC^[3], with the PTC winning on several occasions.^[4] The PTC has generated the vast majority of complaints over perceived indecent television content, whether it had been through letter-writing complaints or indecency complaints filed with the FCC.^[5][6][7][8] Image File history File links PTC_logo. ... An entrepreneur (a loanword from French introduced and first defined by the Irish economist Richard Cantillon) is a person who operates a new enterprise or venture and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. ... L. Brent Bozell III[1] (born Leo Brent Bozell III July 14, 1955 in Washington, DC[2]) is the founder and president of the Media Research Center, the Conservative Communications Center, and the Cybercast News Service. ... This article is about political advocates. ... Location in Virginia Coordinates: , Country State Founded 1749 Government  - Mayor William D. Euille Area  - Total 15. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... L. Brent Bozell III[1] (born Leo Brent Bozell III July 14, 1955 in Washington, DC[2]) is the founder and president of the Media Research Center, the Conservative Communications Center, and the Cybercast News Service. ... Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961) is an American country singer-songwriter and actor, best known for his hit single Achy Breaky Heart. A multi-platinum selling recording artist, he has one number one country single and seven top-ten singles. ... C. DeLores Tucker (née Cynthia DeLores Nottage) (October 4, 1927-October 12, 2005)[1] was a U.S. politician and civil rights activist best known for her participation in the Civil Rights Movement and stance against gangsta rap music. ... Samuel Dale Brownback (b. ... Steve Allen on the cover of Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American musician, comedian, and writer who was instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. ... This article is about family values as a political concept. ... The entertainment industry consists of a large number of sub-industries devoted to entertainment. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... L. Brent Bozell III[1] (born Leo Brent Bozell III July 14, 1955 in Washington, DC[2]) is the founder and president of the Media Research Center, the Conservative Communications Center, and the Cybercast News Service. ... Cable television in the United States is a common form of television delivery, generally by subscription. ... A dictionary definition of Indecent not conforming with accepted standards of behaviour or morality. ... The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City... The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City...

The organization considers itself nonpartisan^[1] as some in the press have reported^[9]; others have considered the PTC to be bipartisan^[10] or socially conservative.^[11][12][13] In U.S. politics, nonpartisan denotes an election in which the candidates do not declare or do not formally have a political party affiliation. ... In a two-party system (such as in the United States), bipartisan refers to any bill, act, resolution, or any other action of a political body in which both of the major political parties are in agreement. ... Social conservatism generally refers to a political ideology or personal belief system that advocates the conservation or resurrection of what one, or ones community, considers to be traditional morality and social structure. ...

Publications

Columns & reports

The website of the PTC features reports on what they perceive to be harmful content on television and regular writings from its staff. Their research is done with the support of their Entertainment Tracking System, an archive of prime-time television programming that they claim is the largest in the world.^[14] Such publications include:

• A weekly entertainment column by founder L. Brent Bozell III that he has written since 1996^[15] covering Bozell's opinions on current trends and events in entertainment.
• "Culture Watch" - Throughout 2006, the PTC published columns under this series authored by Christopher Gildemeister, covering the influence on American culture by entertainment as well as exposing the increase in sex, violence, and profanity in cable television and the methods used by advertisers and broadcasting companies to attract young audiences.^[16] In September 2007, Gildemeister wrote a new "Culture Watch" column for the first time in nearly ten months.^[17]
• "Parenting and the Media" authored by Rod Gustafson, where he offers advice on parenting children who frequent the media.^[18]
• "TV Trends" - Another column by Christopher Gildemeister, published since October 2007 intending to inform parents and TV viewers in general about what he perceives to be "harmful or questionable prime-time programming.".^[19]

The Council, in 2003, also released a report on Spanish programming on the major Spanish networks serving the United States, Telemundo and Univision, claiming that programming on those networks tends to have more sexual content but less profanity or violence than on English-language networks.^[20] L. Brent Bozell III[1] (born Leo Brent Bozell III July 14, 1955 in Washington, DC[2]) is the founder and president of the Media Research Center, the Conservative Communications Center, and the Cybercast News Service. ... For other uses, see Parent (disambiguation). ... Telemundo is an American television network based in Hialeah, Florida. ... Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States and Puerto Rico. ...

Family Guide to Prime Time Television

The PTC's activities extend to evaluation, rating, and educating around broadcast TV programs according to a "traffic light" system across three categories of sex, violence and profanity, accumulating to an overall rating based on the ratings of these three categories. The guide has been in use since the 1995-1996 season^[21] using the traffic light system.^[22] This article is about a traffic control device. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Violence (disambiguation). ... In cartoons, profanity is often depicted by substituting symbols for words, as a form of non-specific censorship. ... This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the Fall season beginning in September 1995. ...

In the PTC's definition of its traffic light system, green light indicates that the program is "appropriate for all ages", a yellow light indicates that the program is "appropriate for junior high schoolers and older", and a red light indicates that the program is "appropriate for adult audiences only"^[23] Each evaluation contains credits for the executive producer, creator, and production company of the show, the network broadcasting the show, a brief summary, content evaluation, and age recommendation. Regarding red-rated shows, certain exceptions have applied to the "adults-only" rule; although the PTC designated red shows like Fear Factor,^[24] Greek, Law & Order, Lost, Medium, The Nine, The O.C., One on One, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Twins , and Veronica Mars, the PTC concluded that those shows are appropriate only for audiences over the age of 14. In one case with a red-rated show, the PTC went as far as to recommend Extreme Makeover not "to any audience".^[25] Two yellow-rated shows, Summerland^[26] and Survival of the Richest,^[27] were given recommendations for adults only". Every Friday, the PTC publishes television listings of the major American networks for the next seven days highlighting programming based on the system. A highlight in blue indicates the council has yet to evaluate the program. Some programs on the listings are always rated blue, including news-related shows like 20/20, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, and Primetime, nightly sporting events or sports-related programming like IFL Battleground, WWE Friday Night SmackDown!, playoff games of the MLB, NBA, NFL, or NHL, or NBC Sunday Night Football, and one-time specials or newly premiering TV series. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 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The current list of all shows evaluated by the council dates back to the 2003–2004 TV season; Just Shoot Me is the only show aired before that season to be included in the list.^[28] Although the guide focuses on primetime programming on the broadcast networks, there are a few cable shows that the PTC has formally evaluated under the "traffic light" system: Greek (originally developed for ABC Family with reruns on the main ABC channel), Monk, and Rescue Me.^[28] The PTC has also used their "Family Guide" to spread their campaigns; it has done so for The Real World, Sex and the City,^[29] The Shield,^[30] and Skin^[31] This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the Fall season beginning in September 2003. ... Just Shoot Me was an American television sitcom airing on NBC from 1997 to 2003. ... ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... Monk is an Emmy and Golden Globe winning U.S. television show about the private detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). ... This article is about the American television series. ... For the upcoming season, see The Real World: Hollywood. ... Sex and the City is a popular American cable television program. ... This article is about the TV series. ... Skin is a television series which aired on Fox in 2003. ...

Best and Worst Shows

Every television season since 1995–1996, the council has released a list of the best and worst prime-time television programs for family viewing. The PTC's website includes the guide from the 1996-97 season at the earliest.^[32] Starting with the 2005–2006 season, their list was based on their traffic light system as well as Nielsen Media Research ratings of viewership among children ages 2–17 of certain shows.^[33] Popular shows that have frequently been praised as the most family-friendly programs on television include George Lopez,^[34][35] 7th Heaven, Touched by an Angel, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Boy Meets World,^[36] Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, NBC Sunday Night Football, and Deal or No Deal.^[33] Popular shows frequently named "Worst of the Season" include American Dad,^[33] CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,^[34][33] Dawson's Creek, The Drew Carey Show, Family Guy,^[37][33] Friends,^[32] The O.C., Spin City,^[32][36] That '70s Show^[36][34] and Will and Grace.^[32][36] Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is a U.S. firm, headquartered in New York City, and operating primarily from Oldsmar, FL, which measures media audiences, including television, radio and newspapers. ... George Lopez is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez that originally aired on ABC from March 27, 2002 to May 8, 2007. ... This article is about the TV program. ... This section contains a list of trivia items. ... Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is a fictional comic book character, and more recently, a US sitcom. ... Boy Meets World is an American television sitcom that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, who grows up from a young boy to a married man. ... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an ABC reality television series that began broadcasting in 2003 in which a familys house, including all rooms, exterior and landscaping, is made over by a team of builders and designers in seven days. ... For the current American Idol season, see American Idol (season 7). ... For the video game based on the American series, see Dancing with the Stars (video game) International versions of Dancing with the Stars Dancing with the Stars is the name for a number of international television series based on the format of the British series Strictly Come Dancing. ... NBC Sunday Night Football is a weekly television broadcast of Sunday evening National Football League games on NBC that began airing on Sunday, August 6, 2006 with the pre-season opening Hall of Fame Game. ... Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which (launching the format) was produced by Dutch producer Endemol. ... The Smiths, from left to right: Roger, Francine, Stan, Klaus, Hayley, and Steve. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... For the city in British Columbia, see Dawson Creek, British Columbia. ... The Drew Carey Show was a long-running American sitcom (set in Cleveland, Ohio) that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004 and was known for its everyman characters and themes. ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... Friends is a situation comedy about a group of six friends living in New York City. ... The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States , and in Canada On CTV Television Network from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. ... Spin City was an American sitcom television series that ran from 1996 to 2002 on ABC, and was created by Gary David Goldberg & Bill Lawrence, based on a fictional local government running New York City, originally starring Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty, the Deputy Mayor of New York. ... That 70s Show is an American television sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979. ... Will & Grace is an American television situation comedy focusing on Will Truman, a gay attorney and his best friend Grace Adler, a straight Jewish woman who runs her own interior design firm. ...

Every week starting from August 2002,^[38] the PTC has published weekly reviews of the best and worst television programming for family viewing, authored by the various entertainment analysts at the council. Generally, "green-lighted" shows are chosen as the best and "red-lighted" for the worst. However, "yellow-lighted" shows may be chosen for either "best" or "worst". America's Got Talent, Hope & Faith, My Name is Earl, My Wife and Kids, Scrubs, Still Standing, and Yes, Dear are all yellow-lighted shows^[39] that have been designated as "Worst of the Week" before.^{[40][41][42][43][44][45][46]} However, the yellow-rated^[47]8 Simple Rules, George Lopez, and The Tracy Morgan Show have been given both "Best"^{[34][35][48][49][50][51]} and "Worst"^{[52][53][54][55]} honors. So You Think You Can Dance is rated yellow^[56] but has consistently earned "Best of the Week" honors from the PTC.^[57] In some rare cases, the council picked the red-lighted^[58] The Biggest Loser and Brat Camp as "Best of the Week",^[59] claiming that Brat Camp "first seemed to be a show that celebrated or exploited bad kids and their outrageous behavior", but became a "series that shows that no child is a lost cause and anyone can better themselves and change."^[60] The red-rated According to Jim has received both "best"^[61] and "worst"^[62][63] honors, although the "best" honor came when the show was still rated "yellow" back in 2004. Americas Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network. ... Hope & Faith is an American sitcom that aired for three seasons on ABC from 2003 to 2006. ... My Name Is Earl is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom created by Greg Garcia. ... My Wife and Kids is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from March 28, 2001 until May 29, 2005, starring Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell. ... Scrubs is an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning American situation comedy/comedy-drama that premiered on October 2, 2001 on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence and is produced by Touchstone Television. ... Yes, Dear is an American television sitcom which aired from 2000 to 2006 on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike OMalley and Liza Snyder. ... 8 Simple Rules (originally known as 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter) is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 2002 to 2005. ... George Lopez is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez that originally aired on ABC from March 27, 2002 to May 8, 2007. ... The Tracy Morgan Show was a television sitcom-comedy that aired from December 3, 2003 to March 20, 2004 on NBC. The series starred Tracy Morgan and Tamala Jones. ... So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance reality show and competition that is broadcast on the Fox Network, on Fox Japan, on CTV in Canada, on Living in United Kingdom and Ireland and on Network Ten in Australia. ... The Biggest Loser is an NBC reality television show that began broadcasting on October 19, 2004. ... Brat Camp is a reality TV show about a group of some six or seven misbehaved teenagers, who are sent away to a special camp, usually located in the Utah desert, for misbehaving teens. ... According to Jim is an American situation comedy television series originally broadcast by ABC. The show premiered with little publicity in October 2001, following the surprise hit comedy My Wife and Kids. ...

Seal of Approval

To recognize excellence in the media, the Parents Television Council awards its Seal of Approval to television shows, movies, home products, and advertisers that provide or sponsor content it deems to be "family-friendly". It is divided into two categories: Entertainment and Advertiser.^[64] Popular television shows that have been awarded include 7th Heaven, American Idol, The Bernie Mac Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, George Lopez, JAG, Reba, Smallville, Touched by an Angel, The West Wing, and Wonderful World of Disney. Also receiving the Entertainment Seal of Approval including products like TiVo's KidZone television filtering service, the Sky Angel Christian television service, and CleanFlicks.^[65] This article is about the TV program. ... For the current American Idol season, see American Idol (season 7). ... The Bernie Mac Show was an half-hour American sitcom featuring the comedic antics of comedian Bernie Mac. ... Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. ... George Lopez is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez that originally aired on ABC from March 27, 2002 to May 8, 2007. ... For other uses, see JAG (disambiguation). ... Reba is an American sitcom starring country music singer Reba McEntire. ... Smallville is an American television series created by writer/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and was initially broadcast by The WB. After its fifth season, the WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which is the current broadcaster for the show in the United States. ... This section contains a list of trivia items. ... This article is about a TV show. ... The first incarnation of the Walt Disney anthology series, commonly called The Wonderful World of Disney, premiered on ABC on October 27, 1954 under the name Disneyland. ... TiVo (pronounced tee-voh, IPA: ) is a popular brand of digital video recorder (DVR) in the United States (and coming to Canada in December 7, 2007) and is a consumer video device which allows users to capture television programming to internal hard disk storage for later viewing (time shifting), provides... Sky Angel is a multi-channel, direct-to-home satellite television and radio service that specializes in Christian and family-friendly programming. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Relation to other religions Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Cleanflicks is a Utah-based business that edits movies to remove content that some viewers might find offensive. ...

So You Think You Can Rate A TV Show?

The title being a play on the title of FOX television series So You Think You Can Dance, the PTC started publishing this feature, authored by one of its entertainment analysts, Katherine Kuhn, in July 2007 as claims that networks inaccurately rate their shows based on the TV Parental Guidelines, whether the network applied the improper age-based rating (such as TV-PG or TV-14) or failed to include the proper content descriptors (such as "L" for language or "V" for violence). Caroline Schulenberg took over writing these reports in November 2007. Its first^[66] and third^[67] editions concerned presentations of Greek, originally developed for ABC Family, on ABC. The second concerned a presentation of Damages, originally intended for FX, on My Network TV. Regarding Greek, whose episode in question was rated "TV-14" on July 20, 2007, the PTC claimed that ABC omitted the "D" (suggestive dialogue) and "S" (sexual situations) descriptors. The other claim of a misrated Greek episode came on August 10, where the episode was "TV-PG-DLS" rather than the PTC's opinion of "TV-14-DLS". On August 1, 2007, in place of their regularly scheduled presentation of the World Music Awards, My Network TV aired an edited version of the pilot episode of Damages that was originally rated "TV-MA-LS".^[68] The edited version was rated "TV-14-LSV". Despite the inclusion of content descriptors that the aforementioned episode of Greek omitted, the PTC still claimed that the sexual and violent content in the My Network TV version was not highly discernible from the original FX version, again proving the faults of the TV Parental Guidelines.^[69] Other shows targeted as being "misrated" have included Cold Case,^[70] Family Guy,^[71] The Hills,^[72] The Knights of Prosperity.^[73] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,^[74][75] and Private Practice^[76] This article is about the animal. ... So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance reality show and competition that is broadcast on the Fox Network, on Fox Japan, on CTV in Canada, on Living in United Kingdom and Ireland and on Network Ten in Australia. ... Television content rating systems are a method of giving television viewers an idea of the suitability of a television program for children and/or adults. ... For other uses, see Violence (disambiguation). ... ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... Damages is an American legal drama television series. ... FX (for Fox eXtended Networks) is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporations Fox Entertainment Group. ... My Network TV (sometimes written MyNetworkTV, and unofficially abbreviated MNT or MNTV) is an upcoming television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation, which is scheduled to launch on September 5, 2006. ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The World Music Awards (founded in 1989) is an international awards show that annually honors recording artists based on their worldwide sales figures, which are provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). ... My Network TV (sometimes written MyNetworkTV, and unofficially abbreviated MNT or MNTV) is an upcoming television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation, which is scheduled to launch on September 5, 2006. ... Pilot is the first episode of the TV series Damages, which premiered on July 24, 2007. ... Television content rating systems are a method of giving television viewers an idea of the suitability of a television program for children and/or adults. ... For other uses, see Cold case (disambiguation). ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... The Knights of Prosperity is a TV comedy series that premiered on ABC in the United States on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 and lasted less than one season. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC... Private Practice is a spin-off of the popular television show, Greys Anatomy. ...

Leadership

PTC was founded in 1995 by longtime political activist L. Brent Bozell III. Bozell is a prominent conservative activist who has, among other things, served as Executive Director of the Conservative Victory Committee, a political action committee that has supported the election of dozens of conservative candidates over the past ten years. He was also National Finance Chairman for Pat Buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign, and later President of the National Conservative Political Action Committee. L. Brent Bozell III[1] (born Leo Brent Bozell III July 14, 1955 in Washington, DC[2]) is the founder and president of the Media Research Center, the Conservative Communications Center, and the Cybercast News Service. ... In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group organized to elect or defeat government officials in order to promote legislation, often supporting the groups special interests. ... Patrick Joseph Pat Buchanan (born November 2, 1938) is an American politician, author, syndicated columnist and broadcaster. ...

Bozell was succeeded as PTC President by Timothy F. Winter,^[77] a self-described liberal^[78] and registered Democrat, in January 2007.^[79] Winter served as Executive Director of the PTC for three years prior to becoming president. Prior to joining the PTC, Mr. Winter's 20-year career as a media executive included positions with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and NBC.^[80] Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... This article is about the television network. ...

The PTC also has an Advisory Board consisting of politicians and entertainers working to assist the council in their goal of protecting children against profanity and violence in the media.^[81] Notable members of the advisory board include singer Pat Boone,^[82] former football player Mel Renfro,^[83] actor Coleman Luck,^[84] country musician Billy Ray Cyrus,^[85] Kansas senator and former 2008 presidential election candidate Sam Brownback,^[86] film critic Michael Medved,^[87], star of the 1980s TV series Dallas Susan Howard,^[88] and ION Television producer Gary Johnson.^[89] In addition, the PTC has established numerous local chapters for most American media markets.^[90] Notable former Advisory Board members include - both of whom are now deceased - comedian Steve Allen, original host of NBC's The Tonight Show, and C. Delores Tucker, participant in the Civil Rights Movement and activist against gangsta rap music; Allen is now given the title of National Honorary Chairman-Emiritus.^[91] The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... An entertainer is someone who is hired to entertain people. ... Charles Eugene Patrick Pat Boone (born June 1, 1934) is a singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s. ... Melvin Lacy Mel Renfro (born December 30, 1941 in Houston, Texas) is a former American football cornerback and safety who spent his entire career with the Dallas Cowboys. ... Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. ... Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961) is an American country singer-songwriter and actor, best known for his hit single Achy Breaky Heart. A multi-platinum selling recording artist, he has one number one country single and seven top-ten singles. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled to be held on November 4, 2008, will be the 55th consecutive quadrennial president and vice president of the United States. ... Samuel Dale Brownback (b. ... Michael Medved (born October 3, 1948) is a Jewish-American, neoconservative radio talk show host, film critic, and author. ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... Jeri Lynn Mooney (born January 28, 1943), better known as Susan Howard, is an American actress, writer, and political activist; best known for portraying the character Donna Culver Krebbs on the soap opera Dallas, Maggie Petrocelli on the television show Petrochelli, and to Star Trek fans for portraying the first... ION Television is a broadcast and cable television network first broadcast on August 31, 1998 under the name PAX TV (early on in its development, it was called PaxNet). ... Map of United States Designated Market Areas (DMAs). ... For the documentary about Jerry Seinfeld, see Comedian (film). ... Steve Allen on the cover of Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American musician, comedian, and writer who was instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. ... This article is about the television network. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... C. DeLores Tucker (née Cynthia DeLores Nottage) (October 4, 1927-October 12, 2005)[1] was a U.S. politician and civil rights activist best known for her participation in the Civil Rights Movement and stance against gangsta rap music. ... Historically, the civil rights movement was a concentrated period of time around the world of approximately one generation (1960-1980) wherein there was much worldwide civil unrest and popular rebellion. ... For the Ice T album, see Gangsta Rap (album). ...

The PTC was recently invited to join the Consumer Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission, with Dan Isett, Director of Corporate and Government Affairs of the PTC, representing the PTC on the Committee.^[92] FCC redirects here. ...

Foundation

The Parents Television Council was initially a branch of the Media Research Center focusing on entertainment television; MRC president L. Brent Bozell III, who had already been monitoring entertainment through that organization^[22], felt that decency was declining on most prime-time television programming.^[93] The organization began operations in 1995 following private planning meetings with Charleton Heston, Michael Medved, and other entertainment industry leaders, who would eventually make up the Advisory Board of the PTC. After the release of its first annual Family Guide to Prime-Time Television following the 1995-1996 television season, the PTC hoped to hold the entertainment industry accountable for the indecency that it perceived to be prominent on prime-time television.^[94] By 1996, the organization had the support of several members of the U.S. Congress, including Joe Lieberman and Lamar Smith, and an estimated annual budget of $142,000.^[22] Image:BBozell. ... L. Brent Bozell III[1] (born Leo Brent Bozell III July 14, 1955 in Washington, DC[2]) is the founder and president of the Media Research Center, the Conservative Communications Center, and the Cybercast News Service. ... The artists rendering of a bare_headed Charlton Heston as Moses was bulked up to modern physique standards when the DVD was released Charlton Heston (born October 4, American film actor noted for heroic roles. ... Michael Medved (born October 3, 1948) is a Jewish-American, neoconservative radio talk show host, film critic, and author. ... This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the Fall season beginning in September 1995. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... Joseph Isadore Joe Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is a United States Senator from Connecticut. ... Lamar Seeligson Smith (born November 19, 1947) is a politician from the state of Texas. ...

By 1998, with an estimated membership of 120,000^[95], comedian and former Tonight Show host Steve Allen joined PTC as its Honorary Chairman, and PTC became prominent for releasing a report questioning the accuracy of the TV Parental Guidelines ratings system^[96] and campaigning for advertisers to stop sponsoring programs that the PTC claimed were offensive.^[97] Allen launched a newspaper advertisement campaign promoting the PTC, which was published in many outlets including The New York Times.^[98] The PTC was noted for criticizing such shows as Ally McBeal, Dawson's Creek, Ellen, Friends, and Spin City.^[99][97] Its website was also introduced that year, and its annual budget had already surpassed $1 million.^[95] The First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush and current host Jay Leno. ... Steve Allen on the cover of Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American musician, comedian, and writer who was instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. ... // United States Ratings The TV Parental Guidelines system was introduced on January 1, 1996 in the United States in response to public complaints of increasingly explicit sexual and violent content, and use of scatology, in television programs. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... For the character, see Ally McBeal (character). ... For the city in British Columbia, see Dawson Creek, British Columbia. ... For the syndicated television talk show, see: The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ... This article is about the television show. ... Spin City was an American sitcom television series that ran from 1996 to 2002 on ABC, and was created by Gary David Goldberg & Bill Lawrence, based on a fictional local government running New York City, originally starring Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty, the Deputy Mayor of New York. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML...

Activism

WWE

In 2000, the PTC launched a campaign against the professional wrestling organization World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE for short), complaining that their programming contained levels of sexuality and violence unbecoming primetime programming.^[100] As part of the campaign, Brent Bozell claimed that he could prove the WWF's Thursday night program, SmackDown!, and by extension the WWF itself, was directly responsible for the deaths of four children. Bozell and various PTC members began meeting with representatives of the advertising departments of various companies that advertised on SmackDown!, informing them that they were advertising on a program that had "caused deaths."^[101] At one point, the PTC boasted that, due to their campaign, between 30 and 40 of the WWF's advertisers had pulled their commercials from WWF programming.^{[102][101][103]} World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... For the video game series based on the show, see WWE SmackDown! (video game series). ...

In response to the PTC's campaign, on November 9, 2000, the WWF filed a lawsuit against the organization, claiming that the PTC's statements were false and constituted defamation.^[104] In addition, WWF filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the PTC when it was discovered that the group had been using clips from WWF programs in promotional videos being mailed to corporations as a means of promoting the PTC.^[105] The PTC did not initially issue a public response, instead filing that the suit be dismissed;^[101] the request was denied, partially in response to a judge's finding that the companies the PTC claimed they had influenced to pull advertising from WWF programs had in fact never even advertised with the company.^[105] Rather than go to trial, the PTC settled out of court.^[106][105] is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Slander and Libel redirect here. ... The Cathach of St. ...

As part of the settlement agreement, the PTC paid the WWF/E $3.5 million USD and issued a public apology, acknowledging that they had lied about WWF/E being responsible for four children's deaths. In addition, founder Brent Bozell wrote a personal letter of apology to WWF/E owner Vince McMahon^[107] Today, the PTC holds no position on any WWE-related television program.^[108] The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 25, 1945) is an American wrestling promoter, occasional professional wrestler, on-screen personality, former play-by-play announcer, and film producer. ...

Indecency campaigns

In 2003, the PTC campaigned for the FCC to take action against the NBC television network in response to the use of an obscene epithet uttered by Bono, lead singer for the rock band U2, during the network's January 2003 telecast of the Golden Globe Awards. Among an audience of nearly 20 million, the FCC received only 234 complaints, 217 of which came from the PTC. In October 2003, the FCC decided not to fine NBC because Bono's obscenity was ruled as fleeting and not describing sexual or excretory functions, the FCC's standard for fining a network for indecency. After the PTC filed an Application for Review to the FCC, in March 2004 the FCC decided that the epithet was indecent by law but still decided not to fine NBC; however, the ruling was to serve as a warning to networks that there would be a "zero tolerance" policy towards obscene language willfully used during the daytime.^[109] This article is about the television network. ... For other uses, see Bono (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

PTC's prominence became evident after analysis of complaints to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) underlined in Congressional hearings into the Janet Jackson Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy, in which one of Jackson's breasts, covered only by a nipple-shield, was momentarily displayed on network television; FCC chairman Michael Powell stated that the number of indecency complaints to the FCC had risen from 350 in the years 2000 and 2001, to 14,000 in 2002 and 240,000 in 2003.^[7] It was also found that the PTC had generated most of the indecency complaints received by the Federal Communications Commission.^[7][6] FCC redirects here. ... This article is about the singer. ... Janet Jackson covers her exposed breast immediately after Justin Timberlake tears off part of her wardrobe to expose it Super Bowl XXXVIII, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004 from Houston, Texas, was noted for a controversial halftime show in which Janet Jacksons bare breast was exposed by... There have been several well-known people named Michael Powell or Mike Powell, including: Mike Powell (writer and filmmaker), creator of the movies Discretion and Chorus Mike Powell (athlete), world record holder in the long jump Michael Powell (director), a British film director of the The Red Shoes (film) Michael... This article is about the year. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... FCC redirects here. ...

The infamous halftime show paved way for the PTC to launch five more campaigns that year for its members to complain to the FCC, starting in March 2004 with an episode of That '70s Show titled "Happy Jack", which revolved around character Eric Forman being caught masturbating.^[110] The beginning of the 2004–2005 television season sparked four new campaigns, the first being against NBC's animated sitcom Father of the Pride for its "barrage of sexual innuendo and profanity"^[111] while being promoted "from the makers of Shrek", which would potentially attract children to watching the series. That campaign led to over 11,000 email complaints to the FCC.^[112] Later, shortly after CBS broadcast the epithet "fuck" during an airing of Big Brother 5, the PTC took action again, this time citing that CBS ignored a warning from the FCC that there would be zero tolerance toward unbleeped profanity.^[113] However, those complaints were invalidated after Viacom, then-owners of the CBS network, paid the FCC $3.5 million to dismiss complaints regarding alleged indecent programming broadcast in the years around 2003 and 2004, including that Big Brother 5 episode in question.^[114] In March 2006, the FCC ruled that Father of the Pride was not indecent.^[115] That 70s Show is an American television sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979. ... This article is about the character on the American TV series That 70s Show. For the character on the American TV series House, see Eric Foreman. ... Masturbation is the manual excitation of the sexual organs, most often to the point of orgasm. ... This article is about the television network. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Father of the Pride was an American animated television series that began broadcasting on NBC on August 31, 2004 and was one of the first CGI series in prime-time network TV (after UPNs Game Over). ... Innuendo can refer to: For Innuendo as a figure of speech please see Double entendre. ... In cartoons, profanity is often depicted by substituting symbols for words, as a form of non-specific censorship. ... For other uses, see Shrek (disambiguation). ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Big Brother 5 may refer to: Big Brother 2005 Australia, proper abbreviation BB05 Big Brother 5 UK Big Brother 5 America Category: ... The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City... Viacom (pronounced with a long i as in eye) began life as CBS Films, the television syndication division of CBS. In 1971, the division was renamed VIACOM (VIdeo & Audio COMmunications), and in 1973 it was spun off, amid new FCC rules forbidding television networks from owning syndication companies (the rules...

In October, the PTC took yet another large campaign against ABC's sitcom Life As We Know It, due to its target audience being children and teenagers and the show being allegedly sexually charged.^[116] Their That 70s Show campaign was unsuccessful, but the Father of the Pride and Life As We Know It campaigns might have indirectly succeeded, as both shows were cancelled in midseason. However, the respective networks that aired those shows were not fined by the FCC. In fact, in December 2004, the PTC was accused of causing ABC to pre-empt Life As We Know It to air informercials for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.^[117] 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... Life As We Know It is an American television drama on the ABC network during the 2004-2005 season. ... St. ...

The PTC started off 2005 with their campaign against Without a Trace, leading to CBS being fined for indecency in March 2006.^[118] In October 2007, PTC requested that the FCC deny broadcast license renewal for Salt Lake City CBS station KUTV because they felt that the broadcast of Without a Trace violated community standards for decency and that CBS failed to take action to reduce indecent content following the Without a Trace fines.^[119] Subsequently, CBS agreed to pay the FCC $300,000 to settle the KUTV license challenge.^[120] For other uses, see Without a Trace (disambiguation). ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... KUTV is the CBS owned and operated station serving the greater Salt Lake City, Utah metro area. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ...

On January 25, 2008, the FCC proposed an estimated $1.4 million fine against the ABC network for nudity in an episode of the police drama NYPD Blue aired on February 25, 2003. The episode in question, "Nude Awakening", aired at 9:00 P.M. in the Central and Mountain Time Zones in the United States, thus violating FCC indecency regulation that subjects networks to fines from complaints from indecent programs aired between 6 A.M. and 10 P.M. in the day; however, the episode aired at 10 P.M. in the Pacific and Eastern zones. The PTC praised the FCC's action.^[121] However, PTC president Winter condemned ABC's decision to appeal the fine in federal court.^[122] The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... NYPD Blue was an Emmy Award-winning hour long-running American television police drama set in New York City. ...

Starting from December 2007^[123], the organization demanded that CBS cancel its plan to rebroadcast an edited version of the Showtime cable program Dexter because it felt that the program would glorify murder even with the edits. By early February 2008, the Council claimed to have collected 17,000 complaints to CBS.^[124] This article is about the broadcast network. ... This article is about the pay TV channel. ... For the Hanna-Barbera animated series, see Dexters Laboratory. ...

Advertising

In May 2005 Carl's Jr. introduced its "Spicy BBQ Six Dollar Burger" in a television advertisement featuring celebrity Paris Hilton in a swimsuit, soaping up a Bentley automobile while leaning on it, and then eating the burger. A similar ad with Hilton for Hardee's hamburger chain was aired in June 2005. The Parents Television Council and other media watchdog groups criticized the commercial for being shown during programs that were very likely to be watched by children. Melissa Caldwell, PTC research director, said, "This commercial is basically soft-core porn. The way she moves, the way she puts her finger in her mouth—it's very suggestive and very titillating."^[125] The group mobilized more than one million members to contact the restaurant chain and voice their concern and claimed that "[i]f this television commercial were to go unchallenged it would set a new standard for acceptable television commercial content. " Caldwell, then-president Brent Bozell, and then-executive director Tim Winter appeared on various news programs such as Good Morning America, Today, The Early Show, American Morning, and The O'Reilly Factor to discuss this issue.^[126] On June 13, 2005, television stations in the Western United States stopped showing the advertisement, with television stations in the East showing the advertisement only after 9:00 P.M. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Carls Jr. ... Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. ... Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American celebrity and socialite. ... A swimsuit, bathing suit or swimming costume is an item of clothing designed to be worn for swimming. ... Bentleys winged B badge and hood ornament Bentley Motors Limited is a British based manufacturer of luxury automobiles and Grand Tourers. ... Hardees is an American fast-food restaurant chain, located primarily in the Eastern half of the United States in Southern, Southeast, and East Coast regions. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Softcore is a form of pornography that is less explicit than hardcore pornography in depicting or describing sexual behaviour. ... For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ... Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. ... The Today Show, officially known as Today, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on NBC. Debuting on January 14, 1952, it was the first of its genre, spawning similar morning news and entertainment television programs across the United States and around the world. ... The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a. ... American Morning is the morning television show on CNN. It premiered in 2002. ... An example of The OReilly Factors Talking Points Memo The OReilly Factor is an American talk show on the Fox News Channel hosted by commentator Bill OReilly, who discusses current political and social issues with guests from opposing ends of the political spectrum. ... is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Andy Puzder, CEO of Carl's Jr., says the group needs to "get a life...This isn't Janet Jackson—there is no nipple in this," referring to the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy. He continued, "There is no nudity, there is no sex act — it's a beautiful model in a swimsuit washing a car."^[127] In addition to featuring the ad on their web site, Carl's Jr. also set up another website playing a longer version of the commercial. This article is about the singer. ... Janet Jackson covers her exposed breast immediately after Justin Timberlake tears off part of her wardrobe to expose it Super Bowl XXXVIII, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004 from Houston, Texas, was noted for a controversial halftime show in which Janet Jacksons bare breast was exposed by... Nude redirects here. ... Sexual behavior is a form of physical intimacy that may be directed to reproduction (one possible goal of sexual intercourse) and/or to the enjoyment of activity involving sexual gratification. ... A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. ... Typical American multi-bay car wash, with an automatic touchless bay at the far left and manual bays on the right. ...

In September 2007, the PTC launched a campaign to get airlines in America to reduce the amount of "PG-13" and "R"-rated films shown as in-flight entertainment. Consequently, Heath Shuler, Democratic representative of North Carolina, introduced the Family Friendly Flights Act of 2007 bill to require airlines to set aside "child-safe" viewing areas for families to sit in planes.^[128] An airline is an organization providing aviation services to passengers and/or cargo. ... In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to the entertainment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. ... Joseph Heath Shuler (born December 31, 1971) is an American politician and former professional football player. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (900 km)  - % water 9. ...

Viewpoints and positions

The PTC believes that the entertainment industry—not only television but also music, movies, and video games as well—and its sponsors share responsibility with parents for children's television viewing habits. It therefore believes that television is harming children through a perceived "gratuitous" amount of sex, violence, and profanity.^[1] Its activism has influenced the removal of potentially objectionable content from certain shows, such as the fourth season of the popular CBS network crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.^[129] This article is about the broadcast network. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ...

Increased government regulation of broadcasting is another viewpoint supported by PTC, which supports FCC's laws prohibiting broadcast of indecent material between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 10:00 P.M. on any given day on an American broadcast network and requiring networks to satisfy the public trust by following such laws. The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City...

Cable choice

Further information: Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007

The PTC is an avid supporter of "a la carte" cable television services to allow families to choose only the cable television channels that are appropriate for their children.^[130] Frequently, the Council has criticized programs on MTV, Comedy Central, and FX because they claim some of the content aired on those channels are inappropriate for younger viewers. The PTC's contempt against MTV is even higher because they claim that most MTV programming contains far too much profanity (including bleeped words) and other content inappropriate for its intended teenage audience. Recently, the organization has also pointed out the increase in racism on cable programming, among other programs Don Imus's comments regarding the Rutgers University women's basketball team on his radio program Imus in the Morning simulcast on MSNBC and the episode of Comedy Central's South Park that used "nigger" 42 times uncensored, as support for their cable choice campaign.^[131] The Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007 is a proposed bipartisan bill introduced by United States Representatives Daniel Lipinski and Jeff Fortenberry intending to allow families to choose and pay for only the cable television channels that they want to watch so that it will be easier to protect... Cable television in the United States is a common form of television delivery, generally by subscription. ... Cable television in the United States is a common form of television delivery, generally by subscription. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ... FX (for Fox eXtended Networks) is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporations Fox Entertainment Group. ... A bleep censor is used to filter out inappropriate audio content during a live United States the Federal Communications Commission has the constitutional right to regulate indecent broadcasts. ... John Donald Don Imus, Jr. ... John Donald Don Imus, Jr. ... “Rutgers” redirects here. ... This article is about the sport. ... Imus in the Morning is an American talk show hosted by radio personality Don Imus on ABC Radio and RFD-TV. The show originated on 66 WNBC-AM in New York City in 1971. ... Simulcast is a contraction of simultaneous broadcast, and refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium at the same time. ... For the news website, see msnbc. ... With Apologies to Jesse Jackson is episode 1101 (#154) of Comedy Centrals animated comedy series South Park and the premiere of the shows 11th season. ... This article is about the TV series. ... // Nigger is a racial slur used to refer to dark-skinned people, especially those of African ancestry. ...

On the other side of the issue, the PTC has awarded its "Seal of Approval" to cable networks Disney Channel ^[132] and Hallmark Channel^[133] for their family-friendly original programs. In addition, it has praised the USA Network detective series Monk for its minimal use of profanity and other indecent content.^[134] For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. ... The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts in over 100 countries. ... USA Network is a popular American cable television network with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005. ... Gumshoe redirects here. ... Monk is an Emmy and Golden Globe winning U.S. television show about the private detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). ...

On June 14, 2007, United States Representatives Dan Lipinski (Democratic, Illinois) and Jeff Fortenberry (Republican, Nebraska) introduced into legislation the Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007, which intends to allow families to choose and pay for only the cable television channels that they want to watch. The PTC praised their decisions, citing several shows soon to be on the air such as the fourth season Rescue Me beginning on FX, The Sopranos airing on A&E Network, and Comedy Central's "Dirty Dozen" block of its hit animated comedy series South Park, where the network would air the most profane, vulgar episodes of the series, including "The Death Camp of Tolerance" and "It Hits the Fan".^[135] is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Daniel William Lipinski (born July 15, 1966), U.S. Democratic Party politician, He is a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the heavily-Democratic 3rd Congressional District of Illinois (map), having been elected in 2004 to succeed his father, Bill Lipinski. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (140,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Jeffrey Lane Fortenberry, born December 27, 1960 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is a Republican U.S. Representative from the first Congressional district of Nebraska (seemap]). He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004, succeeding the more moderate Doug Bereuter, who resigned. ... GOP redirects here. ... For other uses, see Nebraska (disambiguation). ... This article is about the American television series. ... FX (for Fox eXtended Networks) is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporations Fox Entertainment Group. ... This article is about the television series. ... Biography is one of A&Es longest-running and most popular programs. ... Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ... This article is about the TV series. ... The Death Camp of Tolerance is episode 614 of the Comedy Central series South Park. ... It Hits the Fan is the 66th episode of the animated series South Park, or the first-broadcast episode of the fifth season (second in sequence, with Scott Tenorman Must Die being the first episode in sequence, which was delayed for several weeks). ...

In September 2007,^[136] the PTC launched a new website, HowCableShouldBe.com, to allow cable customers to see how much they are paying for their monthly cable bill currently. PTC president Tim Winter calls it "the first tool that cuts through the cable industry's rhetoric and demonstrates clearly how subscribers are being fleeced."

FX network programming

In 2003, the Parents Television Council urged parents to petition Nip/Tuck for its "unbelievable" content. In 2004, they continued, and pushed harder when a threeway scene aired. In 2005, another threeway scene and a significant increase in sexual content caused the Parents Television Council to push Nip/Tuck into a national campaign, urging advertisers to cease sponsorship of the program.^[137] In a letter to the PTC, a Mitsubishi Motors executive responded, "We certainly have no desire to offend consumers with our advertising, which is meant to entertain and inform potential customers about the benefits of purchasing our products. With this in mind, we have decided to discontinue advertising on Nip/Tuck." Thirty other advertisers pulled their advertising from the show.^[138] Nip/Tuck is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks. ... For the 1994 film, see Threesome (film). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mitsubishi Motors Corporation ) is the fifth largest automaker in Japan and the thirteenth largest in the world by unit sales. ...

In response to this campaign, fans of Nip/Tuck criticized the PTC, claiming that their campaign was unjustified given that Nip/Tuck at the time was broadcast after 10:00 P.M. on a cable network. In response, PTC editor Kimberly McGovern explained that the PTC was concerned about irresponsible parents, who "outnumber the responsible" and would let their children watch the late-night-scheduled series, that the show can be aired as early as 7:00 P.M. for satellite television viewers residing within the Pacific Time Zone, and that FX had been irresponsibly promoting Nip/Tuck during times when children were likely to be watching, especially during a September 2003 showing of the children's film Space Jam. McGovern also anticipated that the series might be shown on network television, citing an interview with Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy on the Bravo network special Sex in a Box.^[139] Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... PST is UTC-8, highlighted in red. ... This article is about the motion picture. ... Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA or broadcast television) was the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery prior to the advent of cable and satellite television. ... Ryan Murphy is the creator of the hit FX television series Nip/Tuck, about two upscale Miami plastic surgeons with complex and sometimes twisted personal lives, played by Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon. ... This article is about the U.S. cable network. ...

Currently, the PTC holds campaigns protesting other programs on FX, including Dirt,^[140] Rescue Me,^[141] and The Shield.^[142] In addition, certain syndicated programs on the network have been condemned for their runs on primetime television. Those programs include Spin City^[32][36], Married...With Children,^[32] That '70s Show,^[36][34], The Practice,^[143] Buffy the Vampire Slayer,^{[37][144][34]} Dharma and Greg,^[145] and Fear Factor.^[24][146] Additionally, the PTC condemned an airing of the new FX series Damages edited on My Network TV for not being edited enough to merit its given "TV-14-LSV" rating.^[69] FX (for Fox eXtended Networks) is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporations Fox Entertainment Group. ... Dirt (styled d!rt for logos) is an American television serial presented by the FX network. ... This article is about the American television series. ... This article is about the TV series. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... Spin City was an American sitcom television series that ran from 1996 to 2002 on ABC, and was created by Gary David Goldberg & Bill Lawrence, based on a fictional local government running New York City, originally starring Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty, the Deputy Mayor of New York. ... Married. ... That 70s Show is an American television sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979. ... The Practice was an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston, Massachusetts law firm. ... For other uses, see Buffy the Vampire Slayer (disambiguation). ... Dharma & Greg was an American television situation comedy broadcast between 1997 and 2002 on ABC. The premise of the show was a relationship between two characters regarded as cultural opposites. ... This article refers to the American television show by this title. ... Damages is an American legal drama television series. ... My Network TV (sometimes written MyNetworkTV, and unofficially abbreviated MNT or MNTV) is an upcoming television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation, which is scheduled to launch on September 5, 2006. ...

MTV

Because the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show was produced by teen-oriented cable channel MTV, the PTC also launched a campaign to have companies pull advertising from the network following the halftime show, Brent Bozell having written a letter to the MTV's advertisers in 2004.^[147] On February 1, 2005, the PTC launched a full-scale campaign against MTV,^[148] starting with their study MTV Smut Peddlers: Targeting Kids with Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol.^[149] Eventually, the PTC challenged advertisers buying airtime on MTV "to defend their sponsorship of teen-targeted TV smut".^[150] The campaign was highly publicized, with MTV spokesperson Jeanette Kedas arguing that the PTC, in their campaign, underestimated "young people's intellect and their level of sophistication."^[151] This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...

Criticism and controversy

Main article: Parents Television Council controversies

The PTC has been frequently criticized for hypocrisy and slanted reporting. Critics of the PTC have alleged that it supports increased governmental censorship of television by lobbying the FCC for indecency enforcement for certain television shows^[152] and inaccurately reporting on the V-Chip in order to further their agenda.^[153] The PTC has also been criticized for a tendency to take taboo content in certain shows out of context. In a report titled Wolves in Sheep's Clothing^[154], which documents the increase in potentially violent, profane, and sexual content in children's programming, the PTC allegedly misinterpreted the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Sailor Mouth". The episode originally aired during the 2001–2002 television season, ironically the season in which the PTC named SpongeBob SquarePants among the best programs on cable television^[155], but the report cited a repeat broadcast of the episode from 2005 to prove its point that it promoted use of profanity among children. However, a countering report argued that the episode went against the use of profanity. ^[156] V-chip is a generic term used for a feature of television receivers allowing the blocking of programs based on their ratings category. ... This article is about cultural prohibitions in general, for other uses, see Taboo (disambiguation). ... This article is about the series. ... In cartoons, profanity is often depicted by substituting symbols for words, as a form of non-specific censorship. ... In cartoons, profanity is often depicted by substituting symbols for words, as a form of non-specific censorship. ...

The backgrounds of certain PTC advisory board members has been questioned as not supporting the member's stance on morality.^[157]

References

Primary sources

• Parents Television Council, editors (2006), 2005 Annual Report, Parents Television Council, <http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/joinus/AR2005.pdf> 

Secondary sources

• Lane, Frederick S. (2006), The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture, Amherst, New York, United States: Prometheus Books, ISBN 1591024277 

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See also

• Criticism of South Park
• Criticism of Family Guy
• For The Children (politics)
• Mary Whitehouse, founder of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association, the forerunner of the UK's Mediawatch.
• Media influence
• Media Research Center
• Media violence research
• Moral influence of MTV
• Right to Censor, a WWE parody of the organization
• Television Watch, organization that argues that the PTC's research is inaccurate and that parental responsibility, not governmental censorship, is how parents should monitor their children's television viewing.

The popular animated series Family Guy is the target of complaints concerning taste and indecency, as well as criticism from animators concerning quality and originality. ... The phrase for the children, or similar phrases such as think of the children, is an appeal to emotion and can be used to support an irrelevant conclusion (both logical fallacies) when used in an argument. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In psychology, communication theory and sociology, media influence or media effects refers to the theories about the ways the mass media affect how their audiences think and behave. ... Image:BBozell. ... Media violence research attempts to determine whether a link between consuming media violence and subsequent aggressive and violent behavior exists. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Steven Richards, leader of RTC (Right to Censor). ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Television Watch is an American non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Charleston, South Carolina. ...

External links

• Parents Television Council website
• Disinfopedia entry on Parents Television Council
• Newspaper editorials debating the logic of the PTC:
  • (Con) "The nanny inside your TV" by Robyn Blumner
  • (Pro) "An attack on Parents Television Council is attack on all families" by Ashley Kartchner, director of the PTC branch in southern Utah