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Venture Bros. Cited In PTV Study

If you're a fan of animation but also have kids you may be aware of the Parents Television Council which essentially watches naughty TV programs and rates them as far as their kid-friendliness goes. Their most recent study (there's a PDF download on the right) delves into the world of animation, including some of our favorite series airing on Adult Swim such as The Venture Bros..

"Nielsen data told us where children ages 12-17 are watching animated programming on basic cable. PTC analysts followed the Nielsen data in order to see exactly what type of material kids are consuming. The findings of this report should be vexing for every parent. The term 'adult' not only describes the nature of the cartoon content itself; it also describes the products being marketed to kids," said PTC President Tim Winter.

Obviously parenting and not exposing your kids to whatever you deem unfit is important and the study can provide some valuable insight in that regard, it should be noted that well over half of the content explored by the study were shows airing on Adult Swim which accounted for the vast majority of the offensive content. 100% of all drug references and drug depictions, 95% of the sexual references, 85% of the explicit language and 65% of sexual depictions. So if you have kids and learn anything from the study it should be to not let them watch Adult Swim.
  • by cpc65
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Well they do put that notice up at the start of the AS blocks, and the rating of each show as it airs, so that should be sufficient enough, right? Just like those "Do not climb the railing" signs at Niagara Falls seem to work just dandy.
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Aug. 16, 2011, 6:30pm
  • by Mr. Monday
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This Nielsen crap is still around? They should go the way of the dodo already.
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Aug. 16, 2011, 7:40pm
It's ADULT Swim. Sheesh.
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Aug. 16, 2011, 10:37pm
  • by beb
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My daughter curses like a sailor. She learned all the words from school. The only humorless dicks around here are the ones who think the word "dick" is somehow naughty. Beside the whole direction of Adult Swim is one of late-night programming with numerous parental warnings. If kids are still watching a show that airs at 11:30 or now 12:30 it's not adult swim's fault.
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Aug. 17, 2011, 1:21pm
  • by Wiggles
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So....would it be safe to say the PTV didn't find it amusing at all since they're a bunch of humorless dicks?
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Aug. 18, 2011, 11:49am
Informative
  • by Victor Von Broom
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Just so you know, theres a bit of a chat with Jackson

http://www.asitecalledfred.com/2011/08/18/jackson-publick-ken-plume-chat/
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Aug. 19, 2011, 12:09am
Aw man, I would have thanked you in the update if I had noticed this first. Aw heck, I'll just edit it.
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Aug. 19, 2011, 1:17am
  • by Victor Von Broom
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No problem man. Its a great interview! Thought I had caught breaking news.
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Aug. 19, 2011, 10:31am
I think you commented an hour before Adult Swim Central tweeted me, I just happened to check Twitter first on my phone. If only there was a Mantis-Eye app!
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Aug. 19, 2011, 1:07pm
  • by Victor Von Broom
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Guess I'll have to be quick to the tweet next time. Keep up the great work though man. I love this site.
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Aug. 19, 2011, 3:50pm
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