PTC Seeks Indecency Complaints Against Family Guy
The Parents Television Council said indecency complaints should be filed with the FCC over Sunday’s episode of Fox's Family Guy. “The episode joked about statutory rape and contained sexually explicit dialogue,” PTC said in a news release. Children are “inherently…
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attracted to animated programming” and the episode aired at 9 p.m. ET and 8 p.m. Central, when kids are likely to be watching TV, PTC said. The episode contained a joke defining the term “frosty jim” as having sex with a frozen urine-filled condom. “Family Guy’s description of this explicit sexual terminology violates the broadcast indecency law,” PTC said. “We believe that joking about statutory rape, as Family Guy did throughout this episode, exceeds contemporary community standards of decency for the broadcast medium.” PTC asked its members to file complaints with the FCC over the episode and urged the FCC to issue a fine. Fox had no immediate comment.