Stern control on TV

New America's Got Talent judge Howard Stern has some advice for his critics: Watch me before attacking me.

Prior to Stern's debut on Monday on the NBC talent show, a group that advocates cleaner TV content has written to advertisers asking them to stay away. The Parents Television Council says Stern's addition "will likely result in a sharp increase in explicit content".

But Stern said at a news conference on Thursday that he fully understands that America's Got Talent is a family show.

The radio shock jock said his critics "are entitled to their opinion. They just sound awfully foolish when they haven't seen the show."