'Don't Trust The B---- In Apartment 23' Targeted By PTC
Not only should you not "Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," but you shouldn't watch "the B---- in Apartment 23" either, according to the Parents Television Council.
The TV watchdog group hasn't been shy about slamming new shows, particularly ones with a lot of sexual content, and "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," ABC's new comedy is no exception.
In a letter on their website, the PTC asked readers to reach out to sponsors, particularly AT&T and Volkswagen, and urge them to remove their ads. "ABC didn't just reach for the sewer, they dove in head-first and they took our airwaves with them," the group said in a statement.
Calling it a "new all-time low for broadcast television," the PTC blasted "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23" (Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET on ABC) and said it's "a sexist mixed-bag of hedonism, drug-use, alcohol abuse."
And of course the group has an issue with the title. Like "GCB" before it, the PTC said "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23's" name "represents a continuing and disturbing trend of using offensive, profane language in the very title of the program, where it is nearly impossible for families to avoid."
Earlier this season, the the council targeted "The Playboy Club." After the NBC drama was canceled, the PTC issued this statement, thanking its supporters: "Bringing 'The Playboy Club' to broadcast television was a poor programming decision from the start. We're pleased that NBC will no longer be airing a program so inherently linked to a pornographic brand that denigrates and sexualizes women."
Previously, the parents group took issue with MTV's short-lived "Skins" and Fox's first-time episode of "Glee."
Isn't the show on at 9:30? This hardly seems like prime "family" television viewing time, but then maybe I'm weird and put my young children to bed before 9 pm.
I watched the pilot, and I thought it was funny.
I wonder if PTC knows that there are at least 6 channels that play nothing but re-runs of the Waltons and Little House. They could just watch those channels and let the rest of us watch the good stuff.
Quoting lizmarie1975:Ummm...as a parent, I know not to let my kids watch some of the shows on tv. We DVR them and watch them after the kids have gone to sleep.
Sheesh.
...Because parents aren't smart enough to determine what is appropriate and inappropriate for their own children.
SMH.
if you don't like it, then don't watch it.
Mine are in bed no later than 7:30 (ages 4 and 2) and sometimes earlier if their behavior suggests they need an earlier bed time. I'm amazed at how many children in our complex are rarely inside their apartments before 10 pm though, even on school nights. Some nights, it makes me wonder if the problems with ADHD can be associated, to an extent, with sleep deprivation.
Quoting katy_kay08:Isn't the show on at 9:30? This hardly seems like prime "family" television viewing time, but then maybe I'm weird and put my young children to bed before 9 pm.
My 8 y/o is in bed at 7:30 and reads for half an hour. My four year old is also in bed by 7:30. During the summer my neighbors will let their broad of 10 children ranging in age from 9 to 3 out until well after midnight. It's absolutely insane to me and of course drives me crazy because the kids come over and try and get my kids up to come play.
Quoting eema.gray:Mine are in bed no later than 7:30 (ages 4 and 2) and sometimes earlier if their behavior suggests they need an earlier bed time. I'm amazed at how many children in our complex are rarely inside their apartments before 10 pm though, even on school nights. Some nights, it makes me wonder if the problems with ADHD can be associated, to an extent, with sleep deprivation.
Quoting katy_kay08:Isn't the show on at 9:30? This hardly seems like prime "family" television viewing time, but then maybe I'm weird and put my young children to bed before 9 pm.
Who would you save?
- IhartU
on Apr. 18, 2012 at 9:23 AM