Nude Buttocks May Cost ABC $1.4 Million

the buttocks are not a sexual organ

True.

Patently offensive? Try patently ridiculous.

How are buttocks, in and of themselves, either excretory or sexual?

How is standing in the shower a depiction of a sexual or excretory *act*?

Sounds like they are trying to equate an *organ* with an *act*.

I can't figure out whether the FCC needs refresher courses in grammar or anatomy. Quite possibly both.

I am with Pamela. Who posted this? Is this the new way we will receive opinions from above? God?

Oh, please. FCC needs to take their heads out of their own buttocks!

Besides that was in 2003, did the FCC just wake up or something?

First off the show was hyped as being the first to show buttocks, male and female, along with side nudity. No one watching it was unaware of what might be seen. It is my understanding that there were even warnings before and during the show to give people a chance to change the channel. There was no outcry of any substance to have it removed from the air.

Secondly; there must be a statue of limitations on how far back the FCC can go to percicute a network. I believe for bad drama series it's 15 minutes. Give me a break this was 5 years ago

Lastly; if the FCC is trying to protect me or my children from seeing something we all have attached to our own bodies then they need to look inside themselves and ask why they think it's offensive. The buttock is a big muscle covered in skin. We all have one. It is not a sexual organ. The only excretory act here is coming from within the FCC and the Bush administration.

Let me understand this.........

An episode from a 2003 broadcast of cop drama NYPD Blue showed a woman's buttock........o.k.

2003???? Let me check my calendar..........January 2008......

Hello'''''''''''''

Nothing like getting a timely review.......sorry, for this to even be effective it should have been immediate, now it is just too late.

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This is ridiculous, ABC, NBC, CBS should just go cable, the fines will destroy them sooner or later. I like the method of censure I employ in my home. It works just fine whne you use the remote control "channel" button.

I used to live along the Canadian border and got their regular channels for years, they have no problem with nudity, yet I think they have standards about good taste. Or maybe they just have better sense, it never seemed offensive, gratuitious, or "staged". I think we are the only country that makes a big deal about this, except for those Middle Eastern ones.

Some people have far too much time on their hands.

Why are these people complaining about nude buttocks on television anyway? Does it make them feel like a better parent if they voice their opinion? How about this: They'd be a better parent if they didn't let their children watch television in the first place.

Or are they offended by nude buttocks? I mean, what traumatic experience did that person have to live through to find Dennis Franz's nude buttocks to be a harrowing experience?

On second thought, Maybe ABC should be punished for exposing me to Dennis Franz's nude buttocks.

But seriously, I think there's a group of people that are just waiting to be offended. Over anything. They're waiting until something slips by that just tweaks the hair on the back of their necks wrong so they can raise a stink over it and ruin the fun for everyone else. These people are what holds us back from evolving anymore than we already have.

I need my government to protect me from my butt. Seriously?
Is this really the role of a government of free people?
What would happen if there was no FCC at all? Do we really believe there would be hardcore porn on between Sesame Street and the Electric Company? Really?
Are we really so incompetent as a people that we need some appointed group deciding what can be on the idiot box?
I submit that it is because of this madness that the porn industry thrives in this country; we must be the most sexually repressed people alive. If we can't handle sex on the idiot box, we have no business calling ourselves "free".

Is Colin Powell's son still the head honcho of the FCC? He targeted radio shock jock Howard Stern for indecency fines also. He got the job through nepotism, had no broadcasting background, and then was quick to levy fines against people and corporations. No matter who wins the next election, I can look forward to at least some housecleaning of bureaucrats in government posts.

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

Yeah, buttocks aren't an organ of any kind. They're flesh and muscles. They're about as much an organ as the sphincter, and they'll never show that on primetime. Incidentally, how does the FCC feel about Coppertone and every diaper ad you've ever seen?

Oh FCC, never before have you been more irrelevant.

I recall being offended by this one tv show in 1995. I wonder if i can sue for all the distress it caused me.

come on.

Buttocks, sexual organs? One should ask the Greeks and Gays...

This story would get much more attention if the headline was just Nude Buttocks. Leave the rest of the details to the lede.

I am so surprised that they were fined so much money...I have seen all kinds of sexual organs on TV and no one seems to care...buttocks..I can tell they have never been to Las Vegas ! ! !

Well I'm late to the party but I just have to say - this is a cop show right? Fairly graphic on the violence side, pretty good chance of seeing a dead, wounded bleeding human body or a drug-riddled, unhealthy one? And that's okay.

But no bare bums - only in America ;-)

every one i know has a butt yes some look better than others but we all have one my kids know that tyey have one doesnt seem like a big deal my dog used to lick his now that was rude i really dont think nudeity is any big deal who makes these rules anyway the more you shelter children the more unprepared they are for events that will come up this all comes from some religious uptight asexual closet masterbater with too much power who thinks there beliefes are suprior to the rest  heck i was born nude how bout you