The TV ratings system needs to be completely...
The TV ratings system needs to be completely overhauled, said the Parents Television Council in a press release Friday (http://bit.ly/1bG7bSq). The organization singled out NBC’s dramas Revolution, Chicago Fire, Law & Order: SVU, The Blacklist, Ironside, Grimm, Dracula, and Hannibal…
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as evidence that the ratings system is broken. “All of these violent dramas have been rated TV-14, which means they are deemed appropriate for children as young as 14 years old,” said the PTC release. PTC said the “ultra-violent” dramas raise “important implications for the TV ratings system, and the appropriateness of broadcast television for family viewing in general.” PTC President Tim Winter said NBC’s violent lineup should cause concern about the ratings system’s reliability. “How do scenes with a man’s body being cut in half, fungi-infested corpses, graphic torture with a knife, or severe beatings, and rated appropriate for children as young as 14 constitute being accurate?” asked Winter in the release. “The networks are financially motivated not to give their shows a TV-MA rating for fear of losing advertisers, yet the industry tells parents to rely on the ratings to make appropriate viewing choices for their families,” Winter said. The TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board didn’t comment.