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Is it moral indignation that has caused seven advertisers to drop out of NBC's new series The Playboy Club? Or could it be pressure from Tim Winter and the often-apoplectic Parents Television Council, which has berated the drama for "mainstreaming the pornography industry"? Probably neither. Kraft, Sprint, Lenovo, UPS Store, Subway, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, and Campbell's Soup sat out the second episode on Monday night, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Now, the PTC is asking Capital One, Samsung, and Chrysler to do the same.
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