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Parents Television Council - Because Our Children Are Watching

THE ISSUE

In most cases, the only barrier to getting edgy and offensive content on television is finding sponsors that are willing to associate with such content.  Once that obstacle is overcome, there is very little keeping that same content from finding its way to broadcast television or to earlier time slots.  Remember what happened when NYPD Blue debuted and sponsors learned that a character's naked buttocks were going to be shown.  Although the nudity appeared in a ten o'clock program viewed primarily by adults, it set a precedent.  Within a few short years rear nudity became commonplace on television.  So much so, that when a character on the short-lived NBC sitcom Watching Ellie was shown running naked down the hall at 8:30 at night, no one even noticed.

 

Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy knows that his series has the potential to forever change TV standards.  That's why he boasted on Bravo's Sex in the Box "It's tough to get that sexual point-of-view across on television. Hopefully I have made it possible for somebody on broadcast television to do a rear-entry scene in three years.  Maybe that will be my legacy."

 

But for most consumers, the real issue is that they are forced to pay for this content as part of their basic cable subscription, even if they don't want it coming into their homes.


LATEST HIGHLIGHTS

Mazda Dealer Offended by Nip/Tuck

Robert Devaux, General Manager of Browns Mazda stated "…we were surprised and offended at the specific language as well as the overall message of the program."  "…we certainly will suspend all advertising support of that program (Nip/Tuck)."  Browns Mazda is located in Fairfax, Virginia.

Click Here to view the letter from Mazda.


Verizon Ends Support of Nip/Tuck

Liz Avalos of Verizon confirmed that her company stopped supporting Nip/Tuck at the end of November due to graphic content issues.  Verizon has no plans to advertise in any future episodes.


Best Western International Inc. drops Nip/Tuck 

In a letter to the PTC, a Best Western representative stated, "...it is agreed that this is inappropriate programming for Best Western and we have instructed our media agency to immediately stop advertising on that particular show."

Click Here to view the letter from Best Western.


PNC Financial Services has dropped its support of Nip/Tuck

"We agree that the content of the show is highly objectionable" states Mark Hendrix, Director of Corporate Marketing. PNC suggested they bought a media plan that was a "rotation of schedule" buy. If true, this supports the PTC's belief that the prices FX is able to charge advertisers for Nip/Tuck are declining. The PTC arrived at that opinion because unknowing advertisers are appearing in a premiere episode and it is being sold as "ROS" – in essence wholesale pricing of a flagship series.

Click Here to view the letter from PNC Bank.


Write to Your Congressman and Demand Cable Choice Now!

Cable subscribers everywhere should be outraged and demand to know why they are being forced to subsidize bestiality with their cable bills. Yes, you heard me right: bestiality, where a person engages in sexual activity with an animal. And if you subscribe to cable or satellite TV so you can watch ESPN or History Channel or CNN or Fox News, then you helped pay for that disgusting content. That's why we urgently need you to respond to this call-to-action. Please take a moment today to write to your Congressman and Senators and demand Cable Choice.

Go to
www.capwiz.com/parentstv/issues/alert/?alertid=9069271 to send your letter today.


Nip/Tuck Maintains Raunchy Content

 

The FX Network launched its season premiere of Nip/Tuck on September 5th.  Now in its fourth season, Nip/Tuck continues to set a new low in television standards as one of the most profane, sexually explicit and violent shows in the history of television.

 

 Exclusively sponsored by Sony Pictures the season premiere includes:  Sean presents Christian with a golden scalpel to mark their 5000th plastic surgery.  Christian celebrates by having sex with Jill and Riley, a mother and daughter, simultaneously.  Jill complements Christian on the décor of his house; saying usually only gay men have such style.  Sean performs a "voice lift" on a phone sex operator Cindy Plumb, making her sound younger.  Sean calls Cindy for phone sex.  Christian consults Faith again and has sex with her.

 

Sex acts depicted in this episode include: a bare-chested Christian smirks and grabs a handful of condoms from his drawer.  Christian throws the condoms all over his bed, where Jill (in a black negligee) and Riley (in black bra and panties) recline.  Christian strips off his underwear.  His bare buttocks are seen.  Jill and Riley gaze at his crotch with admiring expressions.  Riley grins.  Christian climbs onto the bed with them, his naked rear pointing directly at the camera.  Sean kisses Julia's pregnant belly and moves down toward her crotch.  Jill kneels behind Riley and caresses her hair as Christian kisses her chest.  Jill's other hand cups and fondles Riley's breast.  Christian kisses down Riley's body to her crotch.  Sean and Julia's feet kick wildly as they have intercourse.  Riley grins and giggles as Christian has intercourse with her, thrusting into her from behind.  Jill watches with amusement.  Christian pants as he thrusts.  Sean and Julia continue their intercourse, Julia straddling Sean and bouncing up and down as Sean thrust into her.  She squeaks in pain.  They change positions.  Julia's face contorts and her body shakes as Sean mounts her from behind and violently thrusts into her.  Sean gasps in pleasure.

 

Violence within the show includes: Sean and Christian simultaneously perform surgery on an elderly couple, both making incisions around their respective patients' ears.  Blood flows from the wound freely.  Sean operates on Cindy Plumb.  He inserts a long probe-like device into her mouth and down her throat.  Christian operates on Burt Landau, replacing his testicular implants.

 

Profane language includes:  the word "balls" was used six times in this episode.  "Shit" and "ass/asshole" were used five times apiece.  "Hell" and "goddamn" were used four times apiece.  "Jesus," "cock,"  "dick," and "whore" were each used twice apiece.  A variety of other words, such as "snatch," "whang," "tits" and "cum" were each used once.


LATEST LOWLIGHTS FROM NIP/TUCK

Nip/Tuck on FX Episode Synopsis:

December 12, 2006 10:00 pm EST

 

View Clip - WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

 

"Gala Gallardo"

 

SEASON FINALE

 

Drug kingpin Escobar Gallardo reappears and abducts Sean and Christian and demands that they reconstruct the breasts of his wife Gala, who was tortured by Escobar's enemies. When they refuse Escobar bargains with Michelle, telling her that he will forgive her debt and release her from stealing organs if she persuades Christian to perform the surgery. Michelle decides to do the surgery herself; but Christian, suspicious that Michelle is concealing something from him, intervenes. He learns that Michelle and Escobar were responsible for the theft of Liz's kidney. Sean and Christian perform the surgery. Liz, enraged at Escobar for his part in her kidney theft, threatens to kill Escobar. Gala persuades her not to, but all are shocked when Gala kills Escobar herself. Sean, Christian and Liz must dispose of Escobar's body. Ironically, they do so the same way they disposed of the body of Escobar's henchman, and which involved him with them to begin with -- they tie hams to Escobar's body and dump it in a swamp, where alligators devour it.

 

Sean asks Christian and Michelle to buy him out. He gives a share of the money to Matt and Kimber for their baby. Matt confides to Sean that he knows that Kimber still loves Christian, and only married him to get revenge. Sean confronts Kimber, who says she is trying to learn to love Matt.

 

Sean moves to Los Angeles, while Christian renames the business and prepares for married life. However, neither are satisfied. Christian appears at Sean's new workplace and tells him that he broke up with Michelle and has also moved to Los Angeles. Sean and Christian decide to open a new practice together in Hollywood.

 

Language:

 

  • The word "hell" was used seven times in this episode. "Shit" was used six times. "Jesus/Christ" was used profanely four times. "Asshole/ass" was used three times. "Goddamn," "bitch" and "tits" were each used twice apiece. Several other words, such as "boob" and "dick," were each used once.

 

  • Gallardo has kidnapped Sean and Christian and forces them to consult with his wife Gala.

     

    Christian: "This is bullshit."

     

    Escobar: "You're embarrassing me."

     

    Christian: "I don't give two shits about what I'm doing. You wanna give your wife a free boob job?"

     

    Gala states that she needs reconstructive surgery. Gala opens her shirt, displaying her breasts. Both have huge livid areas of scar tissue covering their front.

     

    Escobar: "You know, every night in prison I closed my eyes and I dreamed of my bride's perfect sweater puppies. Now look at them. I will not return home, to our family, to our lives, until they're perfect again."

     

    Christian: "I understand you've been through a lot, Mrs. Gallardo. But the last time I took a briefcase full of cash from your husband, I got a Botox shot in the dick."

 

  • Christian rages at Michelle, demanding to know how she knows Escobar.

 

Christian: "Tell me the goddamn truth! ...Everything you say is a goddamn lie! Why did he come to you?"

 

Michelle reveals that her pimp James worked for him.

 

Christian: "Prostitution? That's bullshit! He stuffs his bitches' tits full of heroin! They're worth more to him as mules than they are whores!"

 

Violence:

 

  • Sean operates. A naked breast (but no nipple) is seen as Sean slits it open with a scalpel. Blood runs out. The bloody breast and incision are repeatedly shown as Sean probes at them with scalpels, tweezers, scissors and other implements. The implant is explicitly shown being pushed in through the incision into the breast.

 

  • Sean and Christian operate on Gala. Close-ups show their tweezers and scalpels probing and cutting Gala's naked, gory breast wounds, suturing new flesh over the wounds, then cutting new holes in the center for the implants and nipples. Sean sees Michelle enter the room, strips off his gloves and leaves.

    Escobar: "Sean, wait. Those titties have got to be perfect."

 

  • Escobar enters Gala's room and prepares to "unveil" her reconstructed breasts. Liz cocks a pistol and points it at him.

     

    Christian: "Jesus Christ, Liz!"

     

    Sean: "Have you gone crazy?"

     

    Liz: "Crazy is trusting that this monster is ever going to leave us alone. This is going to end right here...you took my kidney, you asshole!"

     

    Gala persuades Liz to hand over the pistol. Liz does. Escobar gloats.

     

    Escobar: "That's my girl. Saving my ass again. Is she the bomb or what?"

     

    Gala shoots Escobar in the head. His body falls. Escobar's corpse is seen with a large pool of blood beneath its head.

 

  • Escobar's dead body is shown in a car trunk. Just as they did with his henchman Silvio's body years ago, Sean, Christian and now Liz tie hams to Escobar's corpse and leave it in the Everglades for alligators to devour. An alligator is shown biting down on the body.

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EPISODE ARCHIVES

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NIP/TUCK NEWS

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Prison cuts off access to TV show ‘Nip/Tuck'

Nip/Tuck Knows No Bounds by Brent Bozell


ADVERTISER LETTERS

Warning to the Sponsors of Nip/Tuck

Nip/tuck Advertiser Letter

Letter to Sony from the PTC


SPECIAL REPORTS

PTC Study: Basic Cable Awash in Raunch

 

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