Group Targets “Gossip Girl”

Beware, fans of “Gossip Girl!” Censors want to stop you from seeing your show! The Parents Television Council, which describes itself as a “nonpartisan education group advocating responsible entertainment,” has asked CW affiliate stations to pre-empt this week’s episode, entitled “3SOME.”

The Huffington Post quotes PTC president Tim Winter as calling the show’s teen hook-up “reckless and irresponsible.” In a letter to the affiliates, Winter asked, “Will you now be complicit in establishing a precedent and expectation that teenagers should engage in behaviors heretofore associated primarily with adult films?” A spokesperson for the CW countered that the target audience for “Gossip Girl” is 18- to 34-year-old women, with a median viewer age of 27 years old.

While virtue vigilantes have succeeded in keeping shows off the air in the past, it seems like a waste of time today. What teen couldn’t find the show online within an hour after it airs?

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