Who watches the watchdogs (US)

The Federal Communications Commission (a US government agency) has levied a $1.4 million fine against ABC and 52 affiliated stations over full dorsal female nudity in a 2003 episode of NYPD Blue. By comparison, Janet Jackson's stray nipple set CBS back just $550,000.

In a notice filed on Friday, the agency said 52 television ABC stations in the Central and Mountain time zones had aired the scene at 9 p.m. in violation of federal restrictions against broadcasting "obscene material" between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.

The agency said it received "numerous complaints" about the scene, in which a young boy walks in on a nude woman about to take a shower.

You can watch the offending scene at YouTube (but please, only after 10 pm).

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