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The Parents Television Counsel is calling on Netflix to remove the controversial Argentinian film Desire from the streaming service, saying the company is placing profits ahead of corporate responsibility in distributing what it considers child porn. The film depicts a 9-year-old girl masturbating for the first time…

UPDATED to include reaction to Mr. Hastings’ remarks, 8:50 AM: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings defended the decision to renew the controversial teen drama series 13 Reasons Why for a third season, despite concerns from one parenting group that warned the streaming service could potentially have “the blood of children on…

The White House has a YouTube hit on its official channel, but it’s sure to draw some flack from certain parental groups. The presidential home is showcasing a video that was used to illustrate violence in video games during a Thursday meeting between opposing camps on the issue. The video, titled Violence in Video Gam…

2ND UPDATE with statements from PTC, MPAA and GLAAD 1:37 PM: The Parents Television Council, the Motion Picture Association of America and GLAAD have sent out statements in regards to the new PG-13 rating given by Classifications and Ratings Administration. Read all three at the bottom of this post. UPDATE, 11:49…

The TV content ratings system is a shameful failure that is causing young American minds to be polluted with smut, profanity and graphic violence, says Parents TV Council in its latest study in which it pounds on commercial broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. “Protecting children or protecting Hollywood?” the…

Sex in a box did not sell with viewers so well as WE tv had hoped; the AMC-owned network has pulled its provocative reality series Sex Box from its schedule after airing five of its nine ordered episodes. "Sex Box was a bold programming swing that broke new ground but did not connect with large numbers of viewers,” WE…

Sex Box, the show that has the Parents Television Council’s undies in a bunch these days, clocked just 378,000 viewers in its unveiling Friday night on We TV– a mere 18% more viewers than the network had averaged this calendar year to date in its 10 PM time slot with wedding-planning reality series David Tutera’s CELEB…

Parents Television Council this morning responded to WE tv’s offer to anyone who will watch its new reality series Sex Box with what it thinks is a better offer. In a tongue-in-cheek If You Can’t Beat ‘Em Join ‘Em ad campaign launched this week, WE tv encouraged people to watch the February 27th premiere, and offered…

Parents Television Council has its knickers in a knot over WE tv’s upcoming reality series Sex Box. WE tv could not be happier. PTC has created a petition decrying Sex Box. WE’s on board. “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” WE says in a new ad campaign for the show, scheduled to debut February 27. One hitch to this…

The end of FX's Sons Of Anarchy is nearly upon us. Everyone is handling their grief in their own way. Conan O'Brien, for instances, hosted a wake/celebration with cast and creator Kurt Sutter of the long-running biker drama on his TBS late-night show last week. The Parents Television Council today coped with the…

Analysts may feel Comcast‘s just announced $45.2B all-stock deal to purchase Time Warner Cable is a good bet, but there will certainly be more than a few voices coming out against the mega-merger. One of the first to formally oppose the deal is the Parents Television Council. The sometimes controversial and always…

A few weeks after American and Dutch researchers found that violence in PG-13 films has now exceeded R-rated levels, the Parents Television Council has come up with a violence scorecard for broadcast vs cable. In a new study (read it: here), the PTC says, “The volume and degree of violent content shown on broadcast…