After Netflix’s renewal of the controversial series for a third season, PTC announces an online petition advocating removal of the program from Netflix.
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PTC Calls Netflix CEO’s Response to 13 Reasons Why Backlash “Callous”
by PTC • June 7, 2018 • Press Release, Streaming, Violence • 4 Comments
Urgent Warning to Parents and Schools About Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” Season Two
by Melissa Henson • May 21, 2018 • 4 Every Girl, Cable Choice, Internet Safety, Profanity, Sex, Streaming, Violence • 29 Comments
The Parents Television Council issued an urgent warning to parents and schools about the content found in Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” Season 2, which was just released on the platform last Friday, and has called on Netflix to pull the series entirely because of the potentially...
Read more →Why We Are Concerned About 13 Reasons Why
by PTC • April 23, 2018 • Streaming, Violence • 25 Comments
The Netflix series aimed explicit content at children without adequate safeguards or resources.
Read more →PTC Gives Nod to Netflix for Adding More Parental Controls; Urges Company to Create Family Tier to Make Netflix Even Safer for Kids
by Kelly Oliver • March 14, 2018 • Family Friendly, Sex, Streaming, Violence • 2 Comments
The Parents Television Council commended Netflix for adding another level of parental controls to its system and encouraged the company to keep making its platform safer for children.
Read more →Parents Television Council Statement Following White House Media Violence Meeting
by Melissa Henson • March 12, 2018 • Broadcast Decency, Ratings Reform, Television, Violence • 13 Comments
The PTC’s Director of Programs, Melissa Henson, details her meeting at the White House with President Trump.
Read more →Ahead of White House Media Violence Meeting, PTC Urges Entertainment Industry to Stop Marketing Violence to Children
by PTC • March 7, 2018 • Broadcast Decency, Studies, Television, Violence • 2 Comments
New PTC research finds TV violence rated inaccurately, allowing children greater access to graphic gun violence.
Read more →Media Giants Glorify Violence
by Jeffrey McCall • March 6, 2018 • Television, Violence • 6 Comments
In our society, violence surrounds impressionable minds, but the media refuses to act responsibly.
Read more →As Corporations Reconsider NRA Partnerships, PTC Reminds Them Not to Sponsor Gun Violence on TV
by PTC • February 27, 2018 • Advertiser Accountability, Violence • 7 Comments
The PTC is calling on corporations that are re-evaluating their affiliate agreements with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to also ensure they are not underwriting nightly dress rehearsals of gun violence on television.
Read more →As Nation Contemplates Gun Violence, Prime-time Broadcast Television Programming Embraces It
by PTC • February 26, 2018 • Ratings Reform, Violence • 1 Comment
The PTC agrees with a growing choir of elected and appointed officials that media violence impacts children, and calls for reduction of onscreen violence and reforms to age-based ratings systems.
Read more →PTC Says “Good Riddance” to Once Upon a Time
by PTC • February 8, 2018 • ABC, Broadcast Decency, Violence • 5 Comments
PTC research showed ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” was part of a disturbing TV trend of marketing grisly violence to kids.
Read more →NBC’s Upcoming Good Girls Are Anything But
by Christopher Gildemeister • January 22, 2018 • Broadcast Decency, NBC, Violence • 1 Comment
Freeform Moves “A Little Forward”
by Christopher Gildemeister • January 19, 2018 • Cable Choice, Sex, Violence • 1 Comment
Unbelievable Violence on Family Guy
by Christopher Gildemeister • November 8, 2017 • Fox, Violence • 2 Comments
Graphic Gore on Gotham
by Christopher Gildemeister • November 7, 2017 • Fox, Violence • 2 Comments
Graphic Gunshot on PG-rated Once Upon a Time
by Christopher Gildemeister • October 30, 2017 • ABC, Violence • 1 Comment
American Horror Story Backtracks on Mass Shooting…But Not Really
by Christopher Gildemeister • October 12, 2017 • Television, Violence • 13 Comments
PTC Agrees With Disney’s CEO That Gun Violence Needs to be Addressed – But Also by the Entertainment Industry
by PTC • October 4, 2017 • Violence • 3 Comments
The Parents Television Council is calling on Hollywood to take gun violence seriously by evaluating and lowering its use on TV shows and in films.
Read more →SEAL Team Is a Sloppy, Confusing Action Series (CBS)
by Christopher Gildemeister • September 13, 2017 • CBS, Paleyfest 2017 Reviews, Profanity, Violence • 13 Comments
Law & Order: True Crime Has An Agenda (NBC)
by Christopher Gildemeister • September 12, 2017 • Broadcast Decency, NBC, Paleyfest 2017 Reviews, Violence • 1 Comment
These Soldiers Are Lacking in Valor (CW)
by Christopher Gildemeister • September 10, 2017 • Broadcast Decency, CW, Paleyfest 2017 Reviews, Sex, Violence • 0 Comments
Hollywood Disdains Clean Movies
by Christopher Gildemeister • July 7, 2017 • Movies, Profanity, Sex, Violence • 11 Comments
Sony Pictures had a plan to offer “Clean Versions” of movies to families…but Hollywood shot it down.
Read more →Parents: Beware of Wonder Woman Animated DVD
by Christopher Gildemeister • June 1, 2017 • Movies, Sex, Violence • 0 Comments
As a tie-in with their big-budget live-action movie, Warner Brothers has re-issued their 2009 animated Wonder Woman movie. This DVD is not suitable for children under age 14.
Read more →“Nothing Objectionable” on TV, Says Network Boss
by Christopher Gildemeister • May 18, 2017 • Advertiser Accountability, Broadcast Decency, Cable Choice, NBC, Profanity, Sex, Streaming, Television, Violence • 4 Comments
Network bosses are desperate to keep ad dollars on TV, but they’re promising far more than they can deliver – especially in terms of “objectionable” content.
Read more →Has your child already seen 13 Reasons Why? …Probably.
by Chris Ryder • May 10, 2017 • 4 Every Girl, Internet Safety, Sex, Streaming, Violence • 34 Comments
You might not have heard of it, but I assure you – just about every teenager in America has.
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