January 7, 2011
As we all to well know liberal \ socialist \ progressive activists
are working every way possible to overthrow
From the 1960’s – today the Media has claimed many victories
through the medium of television making out that which is sinful should be acceptable,
making out that which is evil, perverted and, corrupt is normal. Instilling within people a spirit of rebellion and lawlessness that
is against God, against fathers as head of household, against marriage and
having intact families, against civil authorities [Police], and against governmental
authority and the
We have no doubt that if in 2012 there is a continuation of Tea
Party movement cleaning out the rat holes of the
Call it full moon rising -- soon, there could be bare butts all over the boob
tube.
The US Second Circuit Court of
Appeals has vacated the $1.21 million worth of fines that the FCC levied
against ABC after alleging that the
network violated broadcast indecency standards for daring to show actress
Charlotte Ross' naked behind during a 2003 episode of "NYPD Blue."
When overthrowing the fine, the
court cited the FCC's own declaration that "nudity itself is not per se
indecent." It also reiterated that the FCC's context-based indecency test
is "unconstitutionally vague," as previously determined by the court
when the FCC demanded fines from Fox when profanities were aired during the
2006 Billboard Music Awards.
The result of the latest ruling is that "because networks know that they
won't be fined for [showing bare buns on screen], they know that it is another
tool in the arsenal to engage viewers," says Lawrence Meyers, editor of
"Inside the TV Writer's Room" and "Picket Fences" story editor.
In essence, the ruling
"gives television producers and networks more freedom to do it if they
wish," he says, noting that "because network ratings are in severe
decline and have been for a number of years, they may try to pull out all the
stops and say, 'Let's throw in as much nudity and swear words as we can out
there,' instead of focusing on playing great content, which they have not been
doing."
Still, neither Meyers nor
"NYPD Blue" co-creator
Steven Bochco expects that bare buns will be de rigueur on broadcast TV.
"It's not just a question
of, 'Oh, maybe they'll program where you're going to see a little t- - - and a-
- ,' Bochco says. "That's not the issue. The
issue is, generally speaking, having a broader palette to tell your stories.
"I thought 'NYPD Blue'
would sort of usher in a somewhat more relaxed approach to adult fare on
broadcast TV and instead, it carved out a niche for itself . . . it never
really spilled over into broadcast TV programming in general. Part of it was
the [period's] political climate, and a lot of it was due to the fact that it's
an advertising-driven medium."
Bochco says he hopes that this
ruling does convince showrunners to try edgier things
for the sake of storytelling but admits that "broadcast TV is not in the
business of controversy." (The broadcast networks contacted refused to
speak about the court ruling.)
What the ruling is more likely
to bring about, though, is boundary-pushing on a different front -- "What
are parallel things that we can get away with now that we couldn't get away
with back then?" Meyers says.
"Not just nudity, but will
it be showing sexual pleasure or showing a little more violent content than you
might have seen before instead of cutting away when a dagger is plunged into
somebody's neck, do we see a little bit of blood spurting out first? Every
little push forward, you might call it a microcalibration."