The Parents Television Council is an organization responsible for rating television series so that parents will know what their kids should and should not watch. This would actually be a respectable job if it wasn't completely pointless.

The way this organization works is that they record every show each evening on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, ITV, UPN, and the WB, plus original programs on cable channels. So far this means that they have a lot of data, in fact, they are in possession of more research on the networks than the networks have on themselves. From their website, we can retrieve the information that in the last 20 years, they have recorded more than 100,000 hours of television programming on over 15,000 VHS tapes. Here is where it gets funny. Each day, analysts sit down before these shows and write down each curse word and the number of sex references they have heard, and, based on all that, they rate the shows into three categories: red, yellow, and green. What this means is clearly visible from this picture:

Also from their website, we can see that there is only one program in the whole week that achieved the green status. What is even more funny is how they refer to these analysts on their site: "These analysts are men and women with stomachs of steel." HAHAHA. All those millions of people who watch these shows every week have stomachs of steel too, don't they?

But that's not all. Each week they choose the most disgusting program on television. As if that wasn't enough already, they also archive their selections and justify why it is so disgusting. You can also search for TV shows individually (e.g. Fringe), and get to know why they are rated red, yellow or green, or what companies are sponsoring them(!!!) so that you can make sure not to buy their products again. I mean, that's just insane.

But here is where it gets even more obscure. They have stored their data on VHS so far. Now, they want to convert it to digital format. However, they don't want to simply put it on computers. No, they want to store it on DVDs!!! I'm just curious... do they think that those are irresistible? I'm not done yet. They want you to help them in this process. According to them, around two million dollars (WTF?) would be enough. If there are people who actually pay for this, then they deserve it. That's all I can say. I would really like to meet some members of this organization and do a CT on them. They must not be normal!