You may have heard about this one by now. It came out late last night/early this morning and I just happened to catch it, but was too sleepy to report on it then.
The FCC is fining ABC for showing a woman's butt in the show known for butt-showing, NYPD Blue! Further, this fine is for an episode that aired in 2003!
ABC said they will fight this on the grounds that the show had already run for 10 years and "the realistic nature of its storylines was well known." No kidding! It was the butt (AARRGGGH!) of jokes for Dennis Franz' many nude scenes and was even the center of a South Park episode in which they ran a counter recording how many times the word, "shit," was used throughout the episode.
But what bothers me even more about this particular case is that this offense happened over five years ago! The FCC claims they received all these complaints about it, but if that is the truth, then why in the world did they wait for five years to bring it up!? This is not a serious offense, people, and our tax dollars are being spent to pursue this!
Now I can understand lengthy statutes of limitation for violent crimes and so forth, but shit like this makes me seethe! This is absolutely ridiculous and I want my effing money back!
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
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