Nude Buttocks May Cost ABC $1.4 Million

WRAL ^ | January 26, 2008

[NCjim]

WASHINGTON — 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.

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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."

[Bahbah]

This occurred in 2003!!! Why is this happening now?

Did someone at ABC offend some governmental official?

[bill1952]

Only took 5 years to get this far...

[dayglored]

So much for any future shows with bathing suits. Sheesh!

[swain_forkbeard]

“...the buttocks are not a sexual organ.”

They are to me. Then again, for certain women, just about every body part is sexual.

[dayglored]

This Thread Is Worthless WithOut Pics.

How can we judge guilt without photos???

[technomage]

Just another example of the lack of true creativity in Hollywierd nowadays.

Remember Hitchcock? He was brilliant. Never had to actually show anything. He let your own imagination fill it in and most of the time that is much more intense.

[XR7]

"the buttocks are not a sexual organ."

LOL
Guess I've been duped all these years.

[Sir Gawain]

Government efficiency for you, and over a silly non-issue.

[SoCal Pubbie]

I guess you haven;t heard what they teach about the film medium... show, don’t tell!

I agree with you, BTW. I’m no prude but 90% of nudity in films is completely gratuitous and adds nothing to the story.

[Laptop_Ron]

“The agency rejected the network’s argument that “the buttocks are not a sexual organ.”

Well, he’s got a point there, at least for the non-kinky, heterosexual population, it’s not a sexual organ. Unless sodomy is a lot more common than I thought.

[advertising guy]

if ,however, the woman wiped said buttocks with more than
“ one square” This woulda been settled in 3 weeks

[JRios1968]

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $1.4 million fine...

...which works out to $700,000 per cheek.

[live+let_live]

If any of you were regular viewers you’ll remember that this show commonly showed male buttocks. No complaints? Do only female buttocks offend people? Another example of the double standard.

[Chunga]

Buttocks aren't organs.

(The need to point this out underscores the inability by some to differentiate between the political positions of Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton.)

[PeterPrinciple]

The agency rejected the network’s argument that “the buttocks are not a sexual organ.”

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What would a legal position like this do to the homo perverts...........

[fhayek]

Amen brother. The buttocks is the best part, IMHO.

[JRios1968]

ABC is taking it in the pants...

[RichInOC]

Did they ever get fined for Dennis Franz's nude scene? I think if they're going to get whacked for having cast members go naked, it ought to at least be bad naked.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

WEll. The FCC is getting to the bottom of things.