An unnamed actresses buttocks may become the costliest buttocks to ever appear on television. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a $1.4 million fine against 52 ABC Television Network stations that are either owned by or affiliated with the network over a 2003 broadcast of the cop drama NYPD Blue.
In the scene that drew the fine, a boy surprises a woman just as she is about to take a shower. The scene apparently depicted “multiple, close-up views” of the woman’s “nude buttocks” according to an FCC order issued late Friday.
The FCC’s definition of indecent content has become quite a topic of conversation over the past few years. The definition for indecent content requires that the broadcast “depicts or describes sexual or excretory activities” in a “patently offensive way” and is aired between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
The FCC said this episode of NYPD Blue met that definition and should be considered indecent because “it depicts sexual organs and excretory organs â€â€? specifically an adult woman’s buttocks.”
The agency rejected the network’s argument that “the buttocks are not a sexual organ.”
Teenage boys everywhere have “no comment.”
I wonder if anyone’s told the FCC about MTV. Can’t we go 2 songs without hearing about ass, breasts, the size of someone’s member, or how well someone performs in bed? Regardless of the time of day, this is the drivel that our children consume. How is seeing an ass or two on TV any different than the words in today’s “music” ?
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Unfortunately, the FCC can only control what is broadcast over the airwaves which are technically owned by the public. MTV is on cable and can only be had by subscribing to a package from a cable company. Of course, everyone pretty much has cable in some form at this point, but to police MTV would go well beyond the FCC’s original intent.