Howard Stern Responds to Parents Television Council's "America's Got Talent" Concerns on 'Piers Morgan Tonight' (Video)
12/17/2011
by Philiana Ng
After Piers Morgan announced that he was not returning to "
America's Got Talent" as one of the judges, NBC officially tapped shock jock Howard Stern to take his place on the panel.
Shortly after, the Parents Television Council blasted NBC for even considering Stern in the first place, calling it "
an act of desperation for a failing network."
Stern responded to the PTC's concerns on Morgan's CNN talk show Piers Morgan Tonight and didn't hold back.
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Networks shudder for people like this. I guess they get their printer out and they make a letterhead and they start to complain that I'm some sort of weird pervert who is going to convert Americans into some kind of zombie sex fiends.
I can assure you and the rest of America that what I am looking at here is to be a good judge. I watch the show, and I love this type of television, and I think the idea of them coming to me first got started because I've had this long, illustrious radio career. I've also had films, books, music soundtracks... and I think they all liked the idea of me becoming a judge because they all knew that I was honest. Whatever you think of me I'm going to give you my honest opinion.
My goal here is really to find real talent and to find someone who can actually become a major superstar."
PTC president Tim Winter said in the organization's statement that NBC's move will mean "
in just over three weeks the network will be standing before the United States Supreme Court arguing for the right to use the F-word any time of the day, even in front of children."
NBC's president of alternative and late night programming Paul Telegdy said on Thursday of Stern's hire a more positive message: "
Howard Stern's larger-than-life personality will bring a thrilling new dynamic to America's Got Talent starting this summer."
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