Only one week after the PTC informed our members about Calvin Klein's offensive New York billboard depicting a foursome of half-naked teen-looking models apparently engaging in some kind of sexual activity, the company has bowed to the tremendous public outcry and replaced the billboard with a less provocative one. Credit for this victory goes to every PTC member who called or wrote to Calvin Klein and made their voices heard. Had YOU not acted, the ad would likely have appeared throughout the country -- with millions of children exposed to its graphic sexual content.

Last week, the Christian Broadcasting Network interviewed PTC Director of Communications Melissa Henson about Calvin Klein's shocking billboard. To watch CBN's interview, click here.

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The ABC Family cable network's teenage soap opera The Secret Life of the American Teenager returned for a new season Monday, June 22. While the show has been applauded for its realistic treatment of teen pregnancy and become a ratings hit for the Disney-owned network -- especially among teenage girls -- parents should be aware that the program contains much other sexual content that is potentially far more troubling. ► more

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Last Sunday was Father's Day -- a day to honor men who work and sacrifice to raise their families. A recent poll found that respect for traditional fathers is still high in America. But this is a view with which the entertainment industry obviously disagrees. ► more

Ed McMahon passed away this past Tuesday. McMahon is best remembered (and was memorialized in news reports) as Johnny Carson's loyal announcer-cum-sidekick on The Tonight Show.

But McMahon was much more: a sincere and genuine supporter of family-friendly television. In addition to his longtime role on The Tonight Show, McMahon was the convivial host of many programs over the decades, from game shows in the 1950s and 1960s, to TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes and the talent program Star Search in the1980s and beyond, in addition to innumerable specials. And, though it is rarely remembered, McMahon was also longtime co-host of the annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon with Jerry Lewis, benefitting thousands of children.

Throughout it all, McMahon exemplified class and good taste Even on Tonight, when McMahon and Carson's jokes were on rare occasions mildly risqué, they were nothing like the parade of perversity that masquerades as "entertainment" on television today. A gentleman of propriety and good cheer, Ed McMahon will be missed.

Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) thinks he's headed for college, but instead he finds himself --once again-- caught in the middle of the ancient feud between the Autobots and the evil Decepticons. And just like last time (as shown in the prequel movie The Transformers) the war waged by these extra-terrestrial robots threatens the whole world. ► more

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