NBC Cancels Playboy Club

By: American Decency Staff

We thank God for a victory today!  With advertisers dropping and ratings that went from dismal to downright abysmal, NBC has cancelled “The Playboy Clubâ€Â after only three episodes! We thank you, too, for your salt and light activism.  The response by so many of you, our readers, contacting the sponsors of “The Playboy Clubâ€Â was overwhelming!  More of you used our “take actionâ€Â links than ever before! These expressions of concern and outrage at the promotion and legitimization of pornography on network television got the attention of advertisers.   Sponsors were dropping after just one episode. In addition to the loss of advertisers, American viewers wanted nothing to do with a show that portrayed women as sexual playthings and glamorized the porn industry.  After the paltry ratings of the first episode, the ratings went down even further with the second and third episodes.  The third episode had only 1.2 million viewers in the favored demographic of adults aged 18-49.  In the world of network television, such ratings are horrendous! In a day when it seems as if pornography has ensnared so many, it’s encouraging to see TV viewers not being pulled in by the seduction offered by NBC with the name of Playboy. On the first broadcast of this disgusting show, we discovered that one of the advertisers – though a local advertiser – was a Christian university (Cornerstone) in Grand Rapids. We have received two telephone calls from a representative of the school, expressing regret.  He made it clear to me that the ad was a ROS (run of the station) advertisement that was placed by an advertising agency.  Clearly, Cornerstone did not knowingly place this advertisement on this show. Dr. Joseph Stowell and the university do not want to have their name affiliated with such disgusting programming. To contact the university to express your appreciation for their expressions of concern, contact Bob Sack, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications at Cornerstone University at: bob.sack@cornerstone.edu Thank you again for standing with us.  Your actions DO make a difference! ========================================================== Your support is important to our ability to make a difference. Donate online at: https://secure4.afo.net/ada/donate.php American Decency Association is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. American Decency Association Bill Johnson, President P.O. Box 202 Fremont, MI 49412 ph: 231-924-4050 www.americandecency.org http://www.twitter.com/billwjohnson

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