LOS ANGELES (May 22, 2019) – In a letter to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and to each member of the Netflix Board of Directors, the Parents Television Council asked the company to justify why it continues to keep “13 Reasons Why” on its platform...
Read more →
Recent studies of intelligence and neuroscience can aid parents in nurturing their children.
Read more →
After Netflix’s renewal of the controversial series for a third season, PTC announces an online petition advocating removal of the program from Netflix.
Read more →
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 →
The Netflix series aimed explicit content at children without adequate safeguards or resources.
Read more →
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 →
The PTC’s Director of Programs, Melissa Henson, details her meeting at the White House with President Trump.
Read more →
New PTC research finds TV violence rated inaccurately, allowing children greater access to graphic gun violence.
Read more →
In our society, violence surrounds impressionable minds, but the media refuses to act responsibly.
Read more →
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 →
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 research showed ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” was part of a disturbing TV trend of marketing grisly violence to kids.
Read more →
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 →
