TLC Stands for 'Totally Ludicrous Content,' PTC Says
TLC should issue a refund to cable subscribers who don't want to watch its show Sex in Public, said the Parents Television Council in a news release Tuesday. “TLC once stood for The Learning Channel, but today it stands for…
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Totally Ludicrous Content,” said PTC. Sex in Public is a new show about an undercover therapist who asks strangers to discuss their sex lives on camera, PTC said. “Because TLC is part of the cable network bundle, it can use its unfair business leverage to force every cable subscriber in the country to pay for its explicit content, whether subscribers want it or not,” said PTC President Tim Winter. PTC said it's urging advertisers to drop TLC because of the show. TLC didn't comment.