Nude buttocks may cost ABC $1.4 million

[Fraternal Design]

Sat Jan 26, 7:16 AM ET

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $1.4 million fine against 52 ABC Television Network stations over a 2003 broadcast of cop drama NYPD Blue.

The fine is for a scene where a boy surprises a woman as she prepares to take a shower. The scene depicted "multiple, close-up views" of the woman's "nude buttocks" according to an agency order issued late Friday.

ABC is owned by the Walt Disney Co. The fines were issued against 52 stations either owned by or affiliated with the network.

FCC's definition of 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 agency said the show was indecent because "it depicts sexual organs and excretory organs — specifically an adult woman's buttocks."

The agency rejected the network's argument that "the buttocks are not a sexual organ."

[Gee-Are]

There's a bunch of freaks at the FCC apparently...


ABC: But the buttocks are not a sexual organ. She was going to clean her dirty hole
FCC: HEELLLLLL NAWWW! Everybody knows that the ass is the prime hump hole, and it powers all of major thrust!

I wonder if Michael Powell put out a mandate to crack down on all booty exploits in tv? Why did this take so long to get a decision? The Janet Jackson thing was like immediate.

[IvyByDesign]

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