PTC Blasts Networks Over Indecency

The Parents Television Council urged U.S. broadcast television networks to “stop exploiting the benefits and ignoring the responsibilities of the public airwaves.”

PTC’s response came after briefs were filed by ABC, Fox, CBS and NBC in a landmark TV decency case currently before the Supreme Court. The case involves so-called “fleeting” profanity on award shows and nudity on NYPD Blue. “The broadcast television networks reap tens of billions of dollars each and every year from the cash cow that is the public airwaves,” said PTC President Tim Winter, “but they claim to be unfairly burdened by the smallest morsel of responsibility when it comes to waiting until 10 pm to air indecent content. The networks’ Supreme Court briefs make crystal clear their resolve to shred any remaining boundaries for decency, paving the way for the harshest profanity and graphic sexual content to be aired in front of kids at any time of day.”