Parents Television Council

http://www.parentstv.org/

To achieve their goals, the PTC engages in grassroots efforts that include: having members call and send letters to advertisers that buy time during shows that violate the groups ideals, filing complaints with the FCC, contacting elected officials, but does not organize protests. PTC also produces the Family Guide to Prime Time Television that offers a traffic-light ratings system with red-, yellow-, and green-light ratings indicating the amount of sex, foul language and violence in each series. To bring information about television programming to its members and the public at large, Each evening, the PTC records every prime-time program on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, ITV, UPN, and the WB, as well as original programming on expanded basic cable. The following day, the PTC's team of entertainment analysts watch and transcribe every offensive word, sexual innuendo, and describe sexual activity and violence in detail. The information from the analysts is then fed into ETS. The staff uses the information to compile e-mail reports, monthly newsletters, and in-depth studies. The researchers also use intelligence from ETS to produce frequent press releases and alerts exposing TV's gratuitous sex and graphic violence, and to educate sponsors about program content. PTCs Celebrity Advisory Board includes Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR).