Fox has renewed “The Mick” for a second season, Entertainment Weekly reported Tuesday. The move comes as a prominent TV watchdog group wages a pressure campaign on advertisers, complaining that the show’s content is inappropriate and offensive.
John and Dave Chernin, the show’s creators, once explained of the sitcom that it centered on “about the least-equipped parent being forced to raise the most challenging children imaginable,” Entertainment Weekly said.
“Kaitlin is a fearless comedic force, and the rest of the cast has just proven to be phenomenal,” declared a Fox television executive, referring to “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” alumna Kaitlin Olson, who plays the title character Mackenzie “Micky” Murphy.
The Los Angeles-based Parents Television Council has urged its website visitors to put pressure on sponsor T-Mobile to pull their advertising for the program, saying the program promotes the “sexualization of children on a so-called ’family’ show.”
In an online petition, the PTC complains that “[t]he most recent episode, which T-Mobile sponsored, included an eighth-grade boy becoming aroused by a naked picture of a teenaged girl, who he later learns is his sister.”
“I trust T-Mobile would not wish to be perceived as supporting content like this, and that you will take appropriate measures to ensure your advertising dollars do not go to supporting this program,” the petition continues.
• Ken Shepherd can be reached at kshepherd@washingtontimes.com.
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