One fact should not be in dispute: TV is violent! Guns, shootings, murders, hitting, punching, slapping, screaming, kicking, stabbing, explosions, car chases, car smashes, disasters and death are shown daily throughout TV programming. A study by the Parents Television Council (PTC) entitled ” TV Bloodbath: Violence on Prime Time Broadcast TV” looked at changes in the levels of violence on television from 1998 to 2002.