In late December, Netflix dropped The Witcher, a fantasy drama based on a book series and video game, and already it is drawing comparisons to HBO’s Game of Thrones.
With its vaguely medieval setting featuring castles and kingdoms, its stark grey and blue cinematography, epic...
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The Parents Television Council is urgently warning parents about the new film, Joker, that opens in theaters this weekend.
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The Parents Television Council is calling on the entertainment industry to fully embrace its influence on society.
“Hollywood is joyfully abuzz at the latest Emmy Awards winners, with a diverse group of actors and viewpoints being represented. At the same time, a forthcoming film, Joker, is...
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Before Season 3 of Netflix’s teen-targeted suicide drama, 13 Reasons Why, is released on August 23, the Parents Television Council has appealed to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to end the series and cease its continued distribution.
PTC President Tim Winter wrote to Hastings, attaching the signatures...
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The Parents Television Council released a new study, “Not for Kids Anymore,” that found broadcast TV shows based on child-beloved comic book characters are not safe for kids to watch.
The study’s author, Dr. Christopher Gildemeister, Head of Research Operations for...
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New PTC Research Finds Comic Book-Themed Broadcast TV Shows Expose Kids to Extreme Graphic Violence, Death, & Profanity
In a new seven-year analysis of comic book-themed broadcast television shows with appeal to children, the Parents Television Council found that young viewers were...
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For more than two years, the Parents Television Council has relentlessly pushed-back on Netflix for graphically depicting suicide on its popular, teen-targeted original series 13 Reasons Why.
Late last night, news broke that Netflix was removing that scene from the first season of 13...
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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...
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Recent studies of intelligence and neuroscience can aid parents in nurturing their children.
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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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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...
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The Netflix series aimed explicit content at children without adequate safeguards or resources.
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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.
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The PTC’s Director of Programs, Melissa Henson, details her meeting at the White House with President Trump.
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New PTC research finds TV violence rated inaccurately, allowing children greater access to graphic gun violence.
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In our society, violence surrounds impressionable minds, but the media refuses to act responsibly.
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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.
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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.
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PTC research showed ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” was part of a disturbing TV trend of marketing grisly violence to kids.
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