Viacom: No 'Rock of Love' F-Bomb
Responds to Parents Television Council claim that Dec. 14 episode of VH1 series featured un-bleeped expletive.
BY John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/23/2008 4:20:00 AM
Viacom says it did not drop the F-bomb in a Dec. 14 episode of VH1's Rock of Love: Charm School.
That was in response to a press release issued Monday by Parents Television Council chastising the company for airing the un-bleeped expletive in a show rated TV-14.
"Viacom is declaring that F-words are OK to air in front of millions of children as young as 14," PTC had claimed. PTC leveraged the claim into a pitch for cable a la carte, one of its signature issues. “This is one more reason why cable networks must offer families cable choice, the option to choose and pay for only the cable networks they want," said the group.
"We [have] checked and as far as we're aware, no inappropriate language aired, including the F-Word," said a spokeswoman for Viacom.
PTC complaints about the Janet Jackson Super Bowl reveal helped fuel the FCC's crackdown on indecency. But two lower court rulings holding that the FCC's decision-making was “arbitrary and capricious” have left that enforcement regime in limbo. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is considering an appeal of one of those decisions, involving swearing on a Fox awards show.
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I can't believe all the discussions about this show.
This isn't even a good show! It's crap. If anything, the FCC should order this along with all the other spinoffs it's created off the air and the masters bulked and destroyed.
Jay Smith - 12/23/2008 6:22:00 PM EST -
So the f-bomb is bad, but lesbian cat fights are good TV?
Mike B. - 12/23/2008 1:28:00 PM EST -
What kills me is this -- in my opinion any parent who allows their child to watch anything on TV unattended gets what they deserve.
No one is telling the PTC parents that they need to get cable or even that they need to leave VH1 unblocked.
Use the damned V chip if you have a content issue.
Joe Bua - 12/23/2008 1:04:00 PM EST -
Doesn't PTC have something better to do with their time?
Jon Andrews - 12/23/2008 10:12:00 AM EST -
Maybe we could just take up a collection and bribe Brent Bozell to retire.
Akbar Mytie - 12/23/2008 10:09:00 AM EST
