OMFG?! Is This Desperate or What?

Going lowbrow to raise eyebrows is "Gossip Girl's" newest lame attempt for ratings.
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Should a show targeted at middle/high schoolers really be using "Oh My F**king God" for a tagline in their print and TV ads? Parents Television Council on line 2! LOL!



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31. TMZ... THIS IS WAY BEYOND DESPICABLE. YOU NEED TO REMOVE THIS FROM YOUR SITE IMMEDIATELY!!! IF THERE IS ONE SHRED OF COMMON DECENTSY IN ANYONE ON YOUR STAFF YOU WILL TAKE THIS DOWN.

HARVEY, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND ??!!!!??

Posted at 9:22PM on Apr 10th 2008 by noitall

32. Wait until Serena opens that package in front of everyone that turns out to be a vibrator. Or so I've read.

Posted at 1:36AM on Apr 14th 2008 by Beau Hajavitch

33. I don't know where you guys are living but my kids were hearing that kind of language in school by the time they were in 6th grade or was it heard in 3rd and they were using it by 6th because otherwise they were teased. I just insisted she not say it around the house or, especially, in front of her grandparents. I guess I was lucky because they decided they were too scared of the consequences to do anything they might want to undo. So no tats, no drugs and no sex. It's not how I was raised but I accepted it because it could have been much worse.

Go Sox

Posted at 9:25PM on Apr 10th 2008 by Baseball Junkie

34. that show sucks!!!!!! they're desperate for ratings! they keep saying "they're the most buzzed about show". too bad that doesn't translate to ratings. the show sucks. i hate the whole secret identity blogger concept. her voice is really annoying. i want to smack her mouth!!!

Posted at 10:00PM on Apr 10th 2008 by harvey levin

35. Here's a tag line --- TMZ, hypocrisy at it's finest.

Posted at 10:19PM on Apr 10th 2008 by kimber

36. most teenagers know that omfg means.. so basically i dont think it makes a difference.. and the picture- well that is a still from a flashback during one episode last year so the people who watch the show have already seen it.

Posted at 10:16PM on Apr 10th 2008 by Molly

37. Does anyone think the CW, which apparently has NO problem using such a curse word as an adjective to describe God, would have dared use an acronym that was equally offensive if used to describe someone's race or sexual orientation? NO. There is never an age at which any organization or society should condone a manner of behavior that is clearly disrespectful of something as important to so many people as religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. Why should it be considered OK to be blatantly offensive to others in this way? What is the CW's message to its target demographic -- teen girls -- for this show? That you never need to be concerned about how what you do affects anybody else? That a "me, me, me, and only what I care about" attitude is OK? Lord Have Mercy. Literally.

Posted at 6:39PM on Apr 11th 2008 by djf

38. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't TMZ and The CW Network share corporate ownership? Is TMZ's outrage just part of the marketing?

As for the outraged parents, is OMFG in the Oxford dictionary? Any dictionary for that matter? The only way your kids would know what it stood for is if they used in their text messaging...

Posted at 12:42AM on Apr 11th 2008 by wl

39. God does not belong in anything like this. What a cheap shot to make something sensational. Plus the promo for the show (and probably the show) is skeevy. Come on. Can't our kids be kids for a little while? Why trash at such an early age. There are so many other things they could have done. Easy way out, writers! Earn your paychecks.

Posted at 11:59PM on Apr 10th 2008 by Shellie

40. Oh wow, get over it.

it's called GOSSIP girl for a reason.
If someone's kids are too much of an idiot to WATCH and copy what they are doing at the same time. Then it's not the shows fault. Its the kids.
they address issues, it's not like they just show it to make their characters sleezy.

and it doesnt matter. kids learn stuff in school anyways. Whether or not a parent likes it. their kids are goin to cuss, eventually have sex ANYWAYS.

People act like preventing kids to watch show will make them a better person. NOT really.
it's up to that person. wtf?

the "Omfg" could mean of my FRICKIN' god. or oh my FREAKING god.

Posted at 12:15PM on Apr 11th 2008 by trish.

41. by realizing that your kids arent such angels is better than being in denial.

Check your kids text messages.
i bet alllllllllllll of them will either have "omfg " or actually spell THE f word out.

tsk tsk.

Posted at 4:33AM on Apr 19th 2008 by trish.

42. The show sucks and they resort to soft porn like shots to get people watching. Why not try good writing. Every commercial they run talks about how hot the show is WELL its not it SUCKS and they need to put something of better quality in its place like an hour long TMZ instead of kids that don't look like teenagers at all running around doing each other.

Posted at 4:25PM on Apr 11th 2008 by Dashdash

43. the youtube promos are actually incredibly racy by any standards and most certainly intentionally so. I'm a 20 year old guy, not exactly a fundamentalist christian, and I find the promos racy (but awesome and I'm kinda glad they are being so open )although I don't think GG's 12 year old girl audience needs to hear girls talk about how awesome casual sex is. Nonetheless come april 21st I will definitely have my tv set on the CW.

Posted at 1:58AM on Apr 11th 2008 by t

44. The last time I checked, TMZ, CW's "Gossip Girl" is the #1 show on the network. So that cheap shot about them trying to get ratings at any cost is pretty laughable. Especially coming from you guys. Aren't you the outfit that purposefully followed Ms. Janice around just so you could get footage of her butt, just so you could make fun of it on your website and TV show for ratings purposes? If that isn't something designed to get ratings, then I don't know what is!!! (ROFLMAO!!!)

BTW: I just LOVE that poster!! WOW!!! Blake Lively, you sexy, gorgeous thing!!!

Posted at 3:32AM on Apr 11th 2008 by DeepFreeze3

45. ah, Harvey ... you all call women MILFs ... what could be more crude? Look in the mirror.

Posted at 4:50AM on Apr 11th 2008 by Mama

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