PTC Calls on CBS to Ensure a Family-Friendly Super Bowl Viewing Experience

LOS ANGELES (January 31, 2019) – The Parents Television Council is calling on CBS to ensure that the Super Bowl broadcast is safe for the millions of children and families who will be in the viewing audience on Sunday.

“We want to remind CBS to take the word ‘broadcast’ literally, and to ensure that the Super Bowl, its halftime show and postgame activity, are all safe and appropriate for the largest and widest viewing audience of the year. Millions of children will be part of that audience. We are counting on CBS to prevent f-bombs or wardrobe malfunctions from reaching living rooms across our nation,” said PTC President Tim Winter.

“In recent months, CBS and their broadcast standards team have done a superb job to ensure that a five-second delay is in place for awards shows, thereby allowing the quick removal of graphic or indecent material. And the Fox Broadcast Network stepped up their game after an on-field, post-game, expletive made it to air earlier in the year. We applaud those determined efforts and call on CBS to redouble its commitment. We also urge advertisers to make sure their ads are appropriate for the families who will be watching.”

For tips on how parents and grandparents can safely watch the Super Bowl together, please visit the PTC’s TV Watchdog Blog.