I'm not sure about cable, which is policed by the FTC,
but with FCC-governed over-the-air stations,
"community standards" is the rule of the day, even if
the regulations on paper say otherwise. Networks can
allow profanity, and generally agree to pay the fines
for any affiliates whose viewers/listeners complain.
This is how both NBC and ABC have run movies like
"Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" uncut
during primetime.
The flip side to community standards is the dangerous
part. In early 2001, a Denver-area FM station was
fined by the FCC for playing a "radio edit" version of
whichever Eminem song was popular at the time, because
one person complained, and the FCC, which seems to
lean politically whichever direction the president
does, decided that a single complaint made it a
community standards issue.
--- PeterALopez <pl1xATearthlink.net> wrote:
>
> -------Original Message-------
> >After all, the word still isn't allowed on network
> or cable tv in the US.
>
> Not true. Last season, (or was it two seasons ago)
> Chicago Hope (CBS-network), said "shit, happens" in
> the 10 hour time block. (how edgey!) South Park
> (cable) then proceeded to use the word "shit" 162
> times in one of their episodes. (they even provided
> a nice counter to keep track) but it does matter
> how you use the word, not sure of the logic but in
> that South Park episode their were uses which were
> censored and the other 162, which were not. And i'm
> not sure but i think shows like NYPD Blue
> (ABC-Network) have used shit ever since, scattered
> here and there.
> PeterALopez
> oh yeah phuck'yall
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