PTC Seeks Indeceny Complaints Against Fox's 'The Mick'
The Parents Television Council wants indecency complaints to be filed against an April 25 episode of the Fox show The Mick because in it, a minor calls her guardian “the mayor of tit town,” PTC said in a news release.…
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“Not only was an indecent word used in a sexual context, but the dialogue was delivered by a minor,” PTC said. “The entire episode included graphic sexual dialogue and double-entendres, yet it was rated by Fox as appropriate for viewing by children as young as 14 years old.” The episode was about a teenage girl who wants breast implants, PTC said. Fox didn’t comment. “We urge the FCC to act and to help families protect their children from indecent content, just as the Congress has instructed and just as Chairman Ajit Pai has pledged,” the group said.