 In December 2007, when CBS publicly announced that it was considering "Dexter" for broadcast reruns, the Parents Television Council ("PTC") protested the decision.When the network began posting promotional videos of the rebroadcast on YouTube on January 29, 2008, PTC president Timothy F. Winter, in a formal press release, again called for CBS to not air the show on broadcast television, saying that it "should remain on a premium subscription cable network" because "the series compels viewers to empathize with a serial killer, to root for him to prevail, to hope he doesn't get discovered".Winter called on the public to demand that local affiliates pre-empt "Dexter" and warned advertisers that the PTC would take action against any affiliates that sponsored the show.