Christianist Group Threatens America's Got Talent Boycott Over Hiring Howard Stern

The Parents Television Council says it will demand that advertisers refuse to sponsor America's Got Talent due to last week's hiring of Howard Stern as a judge.

"It's an act of desperation on behalf of the NBC network," suggests Dan Isett, director for public policy at the watchdog group. "[The show] trails badly in the ratings across the board, and this reeks of nothing short of a PR stunt to try to draw some attention to a show that's been relatively successful and relatively family-friendly. It's going to be quite a shock to viewers that have become fans of the show to tune into next season and find a guy like Howard Stern on there every night." "We're going to serve notice to advertisers that by sponsoring this show, they are complicit and responsible for bringing Howard Stern and his name and his brand into every living room in the country," the public policy director details.

CORRECTION: In the first draft of this post, I misstated the show as being American Idol. Gawd, that moon is bright.