The Parents Television Council asked its members to...
The Parents Television Council asked its members to file indecency complaints with the FCC over a recent episode of the show American Dad that it says was extremely sexually graphic, the organization said Wednesday (http://bit.ly/11EulmS). Though the April 14 episode…
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was entitled “The Missing Kink,” and centered on a married couple trying to enhance their sex life, Fox rated the program as appropriate for 14-year-old children, PTC said. The organization also faulted Fox for airing the episode too early in the evening, at 8:30 in the Central and Mountain timezones. “Such extremely graphic sexual content has no place on the publicly-owned airwaves at a time when millions of children are in the viewing audience,” said PTC President Tim Winter in the release. He also urged PTC members to file public comments urging the FCC to enforce the broadcast decency law. “Every Fox affiliate that aired this ‘American Dad’ episode should be held accountable for violating the law,” Winters said. “It’s time that the network affiliates live up to the terms of their broadcast licenses and serve the public interest, which includes their obligation to stay within the bounds of decency before 10:00 p.m.” Fox did not comment.