Parents group threatens CBS show

[The Straight Story]

Parents group threatens CBS show

Upfronts_blogThe "$#*!" is already hitting the fan.

With CBS is rolling out a show this fall that hints at an expletive in its title, watchdog group the Parents Television Council is threatening the network's affiliates with a challenge to their broadcast licenses.

ShitAt its upfront presentation in New York on Wednesday, CBS announced "$#*!" My Dad Says," a new comedy based on the popular Twitter feed "Shit My Dad Says." The show will air at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday nights this fall. The comedy stars William Shatner in the title role as a curmudgeon who dispenses politically incorrect opinions and advice to his son (trailer here).

Tim Winter, president of the Los Angeles-based PTC, said he was aware that CBS was developing a series based on the Twitter sensation, but "we couldn't imagine that a network would actually name a program either with an expletive or with the expletive ostensibly bleeped out."

"We're talking here not about a Twitter feed, we're talking about broadcast television that requires a license to use the airwaves," Winter said. "There are an infinite number of alternatives that CBS could have chosen but its desire to shock and offend is crystal clear in this decision."

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[Jkid]

1. What ever happened to the practice of "If you don't like it, don't watch it."?

[blondeatlast]

2. "Feces My Dad Says" sounds so much better. nt

[NYC_SKP]

3. I'm so glad that Justin and his dad are getting a show named after the Twitter and the Book!!!

http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays

latest tweet:

"They're offended? Fuck, shit, asshole, shitfuck; they're just words...Fine. Shitfuck isn't a word, but you get my point."

4:58 PM May 21st via ShitMyDadSays.com

:P

[Skip Intro]

4. Yep, dollar signs, pound signs, asterisks and exmamation points have always offended me...nt

[pinboy3niner]

6. LOL

They don't offend me, either--but trying to pronounce them can be a mutherfucker! :)

[Iggo]

11. FTW.

[progressoid]

5. Leave it to Beaver.

...nevermind...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. Apparently no one's worried about the beaver...

[ima_sinnic]

7. think of the #%(*&^ children!!!11!1

[Cheap_Trick]

8. These Talibaptists can kiss my @$$. nt

[GReedDiamond]

9. Yet Fox "News" gets to literally spew shit 24/7/365...

...and Tim Winter is silent.

Tim Winter is on my "Fucking Asshole" list. How's dat, expletivically speakin', Tim?

[flvegan]

10. An "expletive" you can hear anytime on the BBC.

My but how we Colonists have risen above certain "oppressions."

:rofl:

[Greg K]

12. They could name it "Stuff my dad says"...

.. but they should milk the free publicity as long as they can.

[PSPS]

13. And this is why people feel compelled to buy an expensive flat screen TV? To watch idiocy like this?

As you can probably guess, I watch almost no television. But from the description, it sounds like another "All in the Family" with Shatner as Archie, only "sexed up" to be "hip" to the increasingly large number of "adults" stuck with an adolescent sense of humor.

[Initech]

14. shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker and tits

[fedupinBushcountry]

15. Hey, Mr. Tim Winter

how come your parenting group doesn't threaten Fox news which is shown on TV's in all type of public venues for their desire to shock and offend other Americans on a daily basis. Sheesh!!!!!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

16. How about a show called

Go live your own life.

[Odin2005]

18. The Nanny State Totalitarians can go kiss my ass!

[lunatica]

19. This reminds me of good old days of the Bush Era

The Los Angeles-based PTC --->