PTC Issues Warning Over HBO’s ‘Euphoria’
The Parents Television Council today issued what it called an “urgent warning to parents” ahead of the premiere of HBO’s teen-targeted Euphoria on Sunday, June 16.
“Just as MTV did with Skins and as Netflix is doing with 13 Reasons Why, HBO, with its new high school-centered show Euphoria, appears to be overtly, intentionally, marketing extremely graphic adult content — sex, violence, profanity and drug use — to teens and preteens,” said PTC President Tim Winter.
“HBO might attach a content rating suggesting that it is intended for mature audiences, but let’s be real here: who watches a show about high school children, except high school and junior high school-aged children?
“While HBO is a premium cable network, parents who are HBO subscribers may be blindsided by HBO’s new attempt to market such explicit content directly to minors. And the parental blindside is greatly exacerbated by ubiquitous streaming apps that deliver such explicit content directly to a teen’s phone or computer screen. Parents urgently need to be aware of HBO’s grossly irresponsible programming decision,” Winter added.
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June 11, 2019 at 9:05 pm
I thought that The PTC would never go after HBO because it’s a premium cable network which they didn’t they just put HBO on blast because of a show that is in high school although the actors & actresses on the show will be in there 20’s so they aren’t teens. Tim Winter is wrong some adults do watch teen shows even if they aren’t in the demo target to claim that just junior & high school just watch those shows is just plain wrong. I’ll watch Euphoria to see if it’s any good or not thanks to Tim & the censorship org.