Parent’s Television Council Demanding AMC Removed From Cable Bundles Because Of Premiere
After The Walking Dead’s savage, gory, season 7 premiere aired fans took to social media to express their heartbreak. One group, the Parent’s Television Council, definitely weren’t impressed. In fact, they are down-right furious about the episode. The watch-dog group has their panties in a bunch over the brutality of Negan’s two kills, Abraham and Glenn, and are demanding that AMC be removed from cable bundles. Tim Winter, the president of the PTC, spoke with THR about the demand to remove AMC. Programs with violent content are proven to be harmful, especially to children; and most parents agree that having greater control over violent content coming into their homes is vital to protecting their family. When a basic cable network like AMC edges or even surpasses the premium networks in terms of explicit content, consumers must be afforded more control over which networks they purchase and which networks they don’t.” He also had a lot to say about ‘The Walking
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