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PTC Calls The MPAA’s ‘Check The Box’ Campaign An “Empty Gesture”

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday May 16, 2013 @ 2:58pm PDTTags: MPAA, MPAA Ratings, MPAA Ratings Board, Parents Television Council, PTC

While the Parents Television Council’s view is no surprise, the activist group made it forcefully this week in a letter to MPAA chief Chris Dodd calling for meaningful changes in the movie ratings system and its treatment of on-screen violence. The “Check The Box” initiative that Dodd unveiled at last month’s CinemaCon confab changes movie ratings labeling to help people see the specific rationale — for example whether a PG-13 or R-rated film received the designation due to its use of profanity, nudity, smoking, drug use, or violence. PTC says that just gives studios “the appearance of doing something about media violence without actually doing anything at all.” The MPAA can “keep rating violent movies PG-13″ which means studios can “market those violent films to kids … PG-13 films run the gamut from Les Miserables to Drag Me To Hell. And because it applies to everything, in practice, it means nothing.” READ MORE »

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PTC Targets MTV’s ‘I Want My Pants Back’ Over Racy Content

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 13, 2012 @ 4:47pm PSTTags: MTV, PTC
Nellie Andreeva

Here we go again — the Parents Television Council, which waged a campaign against MTV’s racy drama Skins last year, has another new MTV scripted series in its cross hairs, comedy I Just Want My Pants Back. “While the … Read More »

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PTC Vs. ‘Playboy Club’: Who’s Winning?

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday September 16, 2011 @ 2:32pm PDTTags: Comcast, NBC, Parents Television Council, PTC, The Playboy Club

It’s always a bit of a risk when watchdog groups like the Parents Television Council go public with criticism of whatever it is that’s gotten their goat — or, in the PTC’s case, their bunny. In effect, going public makes … Read More »

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Parents Television Council Slams Comcast Over Nudity Clause In ‘Playboy’ Contracts

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 1, 2011 @ 5:56pm PDTTags: NBC, PTC, The Playboy Club
Nellie Andreeva

The Parents Television Council has put a second broadcast pilot in its cross-hairs this season. After blasting ABC over the working title of its dramedy pilot Good Christian Bitches, now the TV watchdog is attacking the NBC drama pilot … Read More »

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Six Degrees Of ‘Skins’, ‘NYPD Blue’ & PTC: Behind MTV Series’ “Porn” Controversy

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 24, 2011 @ 7:10am PSTTags: Brian Elsley, Liz Gateley, MTV, MTV Skins Sexual Content, NYPD Blue, PTC, Skins, Skins Casting, Skins Child Pornography, Skins MTV, TV
Nellie Andreeva

Last Monday was supposed to be a big day for Liz Gateley. As SVP series development at MTV, she had spent the past two and a half years working on a passion project – bringing the raunchy British series Skins … Read More »

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