Parents Television Council protests title of new CBS show
The Parents Television Council is protesting the title of the new CBS sitcom, $#*! My Dad Says. CBS officials say they had little choice but to use symbols to suggest the scatological title of the show, which is based on a popular Twitter channel of the same (but uncensored) name. But Tim Winter of the PTC says, “CBS intentionally chose to insert an expletive into the actual name of a show,” demonstrating “its contempt for families.”
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