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GRANDparents Don’t Let Oxygen Do This…

PTC Joins Call for Oxygen to Cease Development of All My Babies’ Mamas

By: Tim Winter, President of Parents Television Council

Every time we think that the television industry couldn’t possibly stoop any lower, sadly one of the networks steps forward to prove us wrong. The Parents Television Council is joining with [...]

GRANDparents: Protect your granddaughters from Victoria Secret

CBS targets Teen Girls With Victoria’s Secret Special

By Tim Winter – President of Parents Television Network

While other networks are showing How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, and other holiday favorites, CBS has established its own Christmas tradition. Since 2002, the network has aired the sleazy Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in [...]

Shame on Pepsico for Sponsoring The Inbetweeners; Grandparents Need to Object Loudly

Editor’s Note: Parents Television Council is a GRANDPartner for GRANDParents. We are proud to support their efforts to bring choice to cable television. Grandparents want quality television programming for their grandchildren and not have them exposed to inappropriate programming.

By Parents Television Council

If there was a lesson to be learned from the dismal failure [...]

Grandparents Beware of What Your Grand Teens are Watching on MTV

Editor’s Note: Shame on MTV for airing such trash and shame on Toyota for sponsoring The Inbetweeners on MTV. After you read the following, you can complain directly to Toyota click here.

The Inbetweeners on MTV

By Christopher Gildemeister

MTV never learns.

In January 2011, MTV began showing its teen drama Skins. A rip-off of [...]

Ice Age 4: Continential Drift is Good Choice for Grandkids

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift

By Christopher Gildemeister

Release Date: July 13, 2012

MPAA rating: PG for mild rude humor and action/peril

Starring: Voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez

Recommended age: 7+

Overall PTC Traffic Light Rating: Green

Sex

Mild innuendo

Violence

Chases, crashes, fights, slapstick

This Teddy Bear is NOT for Grandchildren!

MacFarlane’s Ted: A Wolf in Teddy Bear’s Clothing

By: Parents Television Council

On June 29th, the raunchy R-rated film Ted – written, directed by, and starring Seth MacFarlane, creator of Fox’s disgusting Sunday-night cartoons Family Guy, American Dad,and The Cleveland Show – was released. And last week, the Los Angeles Times claimedTed is a “family [...]

Explicit, Irresponsible Sex Advice for Adolescents… Brought To You by Burger King and Subway

By: Parents Television Council

 

For weeks we’ve been warning you about the wretched content on MTV’s Savage U, a sex advice program featuring columnist Dan Savage which is filmed on college campuses acrossAmerica.

The season concluded last night, but MTV has not yet announced whether or not it will be [...]