5 Tips for Parents on How to Navigate Scary Halloween Entertainment By Melissa Henson Halloween is just one week away, and already Hollywood has been busy turning-out blood-chilling feature films,
Here is why TV content has gotten worse. By Tim Winter – A former MGM and NBC Executive, Tim Winter is the president of the Parents Television Council, a nonpartisan education
By Tim Winter, President Parents Television Council Who is protecting our grandkids from graphic sex and violence on television? Parents Television Council! Let’s have a round of applause for the
We are proud to post the Parents Television Council Report on 2015 TV. We all know that TV impacts the culture, and in turn, our children. TV has proven that
Our friends at Parents Television Council have a very cool event coming up in November in Atlanta. The mission of Parents Television Council (PTC) is to protect children and families
Editors note: We know that most advertising buys are made by 30 something aged people. Maybe they don’t see the damage being done to children who are exposed to this
By Melissa Henson Creating wholesome programming that is suitable and entertaining for the whole family seems to have either fallen out of fashion, or else it has become a lost
By Tim Winter- President, Parents Television Council We almost couldn’t believe it when we heard that a show where couples switch spouses and presumably commit adultery would begin airing on the FYI
By Melissa Henson In honor of the PTC’s 20th anniversary and of Mother’s Day, we present, in no particular order, the 20 top broadcast TV moms of the last 20
The Parents Television Council lauded the announcement by Google that it will release a YouTube Kids App on Feb. 23. The YouTube Kids App will feature family-friendly content and provide
1) Family Shows that Families Can Watch Our latest report, Remembering Family, showed that 99% of shows that featured families had some form of adult content (sex, violence, profanity) present in them. Not
By Dan Isett There once was a time on American television when shows that featured families would generally be suitable for family viewing or as we call them today, family friendly.
By Melissa Henson of Parents Television Council Here is my challenge to you. Tomorrow night when the neighborhood children come trick-or-treating at your door, keep a tally of how many
By Melissa Henson Sophia Bush, star of the TV series Chicago P.D. recently shared her story of being stalked and harassed by someone on Twitter. Sharing more than 500 screen captures of
Jokes about rape are NEVER funny – but Family Guy creator, Seth MacFarlane, thinks they are.* The television show Family Guy is notorious for indecent content, with episodes often including
By Tim Winter Forget a toy prize; would you like nudity with your Happy Meal? That’s what McDonald’s is “serving” in its quest to get more customers with its sponsorship
By Christopher Gildemeister, Ph.D. A recent experiment performed on Facebook users demonstrated once again that what people see in media influences their thoughts and reactions. Recently, millions were disturbed by
As grandparents, we may be confused with old fuddy duddies, but nothing can be further from the truth with the average age of a new grandparent only 48 and two
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
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