Washington,
(ANI):
CW
network's
hit
TV
show
'Gossip
Girl'
has
come
under
fire
from
the
Parental
Television
council
(PTC)
after
trailers
of
an
upcoming
episode
hinting
at
a
threesome
surfaced.
The
PTC
has
now
demanded
the
network's
affiliates
to
stop
the
airing
of
the
future
episode.
Parent
Television
Council
President
Tim
Winter
has
released
a
statement
saying
that
ads
such
as
a
'3SOME,'
is
'reckless
and
irresponsible,'
since
the
show
is
primarily
followed
by
young,
female
audience.
In
fact
the
latter
has
sent
letter
to
affiliates
nationwide,
asserting
that
they
will
'bear
the
financial
burden
of
an
FCC
fine
should
any
of
the
content
on
the
November
9th
episode
be
found
to
violate
broadcast
decency
laws.'
"We
don't
know
how
it
will
be
depicted
yet.
Our
concern
is
really
more
thematic
with
respect
to
the
target
audience," Fox
News
quoted
Melissa
Henson,
the
director
of
communications
and
public
education,
as
saying.
She
added:
"We
know
that
the
show
is
especially
popular
with
teenage
girls.
CW
has
been
defending
graphic
content
on
'Gossip
Girl'
by
asserting
that
they
don''t
target
teenagers.
Such
a
claim
doesn't
even
pass
the
'laugh
test.'
"Images
of
teenagers
in
sexual
scenarios
are
nothing
new.
But
the
idea
of
a
threesome
is
a
fairly
new
phenomenon
that
has
previously
only
been
associated
with
adult
films.
The
network
is
giving
it
a
sense
of
normalcy
and
depicting
it
as
nothing
unusual
and
suggesting
there
are
no
particular
consequences
for
this
type
of
behavior.
"Parents
are
of
course
responsible
for
what
children
watch
on
television
or
online.
But
that
doesn't
let
the
network
off
the
hook.
They
are
using
a
public
resource
to
send
their
message
out,
so
they
have
to
adhere
to
community
standards
of
decency.
And
it's
very
hard
for
a
parent
to
combat
a
multimillion
dollar
ad
campaign
telling
kids
to
watch
specifically
because
parents
say
not
to
do
so."
Meanwhile,
CW
spokesman
Paul
McGuire
has
said
that
the
network
had
no
comment
on
PTCs
complaint.
He
explained
that
the
show's
target
audience
is
18-
to
34-year-old
women,
with
a
median
viewer
age
of
27
years
old.