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Take Action Now to Hold Sponsors of FX’s Nip/Tuck Accountable for Obscene Content
Without question, Nip/Tuck is one of the most sexually explicit, profane, and violent television programs in the history of American television - and it’s about to get worse.
We need your immediate help to send a loud-and-clear message to the sponsors who are paying to bring this salacious material into our homes.
The FX network and the series creator are on a mission to obliterate every remaining taboo for television, and they don’t care how many young minds they harm in the process.
Series creator Ryan Murphy has said “I wanted to do something so violent it will shock even me.” And “It’s tough to get that sexual point of view across on television. Hopefully I have made it possible for somebody on broadcast television to do a rear-entry scene in three years. Maybe that will be my legacy.”
Last month a new season of Nip/Tuck debuted on the FX cable channel, and once again the series creators have mined the very depths of depravity for content.
Remember, this isn’t some pay-per-view porn channel or even a premium cable network like HBO. FX is part of the basic cable package, which means it spills into most homes in America. If you want Disney Channel or ESPN or Animal Planet or History Channel for your family, you are forced to pay every month for programs like Nip/Tuck. In fact, this horrific content is available to nearly 48 million children nationwide!
To see a clip of the show, or to read examples of the content FX thinks is appropriate for advertiser-supported basic cable, go to ** www.parentstv.org/ptc/action/niptuck2/content.htm** . But we must warn you that the content is extremely graphic. It describes exactly what appeared in the broadcast. Please do not let any children see this material.
It’s obvious this show is on TV purely for its shock value, and it is equally obvious that neither the creator, nor the FX Network executives, nor the sponsors gave a thought to the potential harm inflicted on children who might be exposed to such explicit material.
Well, we can ensure that the SPONSORS, including Chattem Inc. (makers of Selsun Blue), General Motors, U.S. DenTek Corporation (makers of the DenTek Dental Pick), LG Electronics Inc., Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., Match.com, Toyota, Combe Inc. (makers of Aqua Velva), and the Alberto-Culver Co. (makers of V05) at least, will give it a thought now – by protesting their irresponsible financial support of this content.
The Parents Television Council is leading a campaign to stop television networks from continuing to violate commonsense decency standards… and we’re doing it by publicly exposing the irresponsible sponsor companies that are underwriting it.
They must be held accountable for enabling such indecent and offensive material to be aired.
First, visit ** www.parentstv.org/ptc/action/niptuck2/main.asp** and sign our Warning to the Sponsors of Nip/Tuck. Or write a personal letter to the sponsors of Nip/Tuck and to FX telling them what you think of their utter disregard for TV decency standards.
Time and again we’ve seen what can happen when PTC members, like you, take action. More and more companies have made the responsible decision to refuse to underwrite obscene programming just like this because PTC members took the time to write.
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Tim Winter
Executive Director
Parents Television Council
Without question, Nip/Tuck is one of the most sexually explicit, profane, and violent television programs in the history of American television - and it’s about to get worse.
We need your immediate help to send a loud-and-clear message to the sponsors who are paying to bring this salacious material into our homes.
The FX network and the series creator are on a mission to obliterate every remaining taboo for television, and they don’t care how many young minds they harm in the process.
Series creator Ryan Murphy has said “I wanted to do something so violent it will shock even me.” And “It’s tough to get that sexual point of view across on television. Hopefully I have made it possible for somebody on broadcast television to do a rear-entry scene in three years. Maybe that will be my legacy.”
Last month a new season of Nip/Tuck debuted on the FX cable channel, and once again the series creators have mined the very depths of depravity for content.
Remember, this isn’t some pay-per-view porn channel or even a premium cable network like HBO. FX is part of the basic cable package, which means it spills into most homes in America. If you want Disney Channel or ESPN or Animal Planet or History Channel for your family, you are forced to pay every month for programs like Nip/Tuck. In fact, this horrific content is available to nearly 48 million children nationwide!
To see a clip of the show, or to read examples of the content FX thinks is appropriate for advertiser-supported basic cable, go to ** www.parentstv.org/ptc/action/niptuck2/content.htm** . But we must warn you that the content is extremely graphic. It describes exactly what appeared in the broadcast. Please do not let any children see this material.
It’s obvious this show is on TV purely for its shock value, and it is equally obvious that neither the creator, nor the FX Network executives, nor the sponsors gave a thought to the potential harm inflicted on children who might be exposed to such explicit material.
Well, we can ensure that the SPONSORS, including Chattem Inc. (makers of Selsun Blue), General Motors, U.S. DenTek Corporation (makers of the DenTek Dental Pick), LG Electronics Inc., Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., Match.com, Toyota, Combe Inc. (makers of Aqua Velva), and the Alberto-Culver Co. (makers of V05) at least, will give it a thought now – by protesting their irresponsible financial support of this content.
The Parents Television Council is leading a campaign to stop television networks from continuing to violate commonsense decency standards… and we’re doing it by publicly exposing the irresponsible sponsor companies that are underwriting it.
They must be held accountable for enabling such indecent and offensive material to be aired.
First, visit ** www.parentstv.org/ptc/action/niptuck2/main.asp** and sign our Warning to the Sponsors of Nip/Tuck. Or write a personal letter to the sponsors of Nip/Tuck and to FX telling them what you think of their utter disregard for TV decency standards.
Time and again we’ve seen what can happen when PTC members, like you, take action. More and more companies have made the responsible decision to refuse to underwrite obscene programming just like this because PTC members took the time to write.
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Thank you for your prompt action.Tim Winter
Executive Director
Parents Television Council
