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"NYPD Blue:" ABC Tells FCC to Butt Out

Remember that huge fine the FCC slapped ABC with over a naked butt scene that appeared in "NYPD Blue" over five years ago? ABC got around to re-butting (stop me before I pun again) the FCC today. _39921578_nypd_203.jpg

Here's the statement:

“Today, ABC filed a formal response to the FCC's proposed $1.43M fine for an episode of the Emmy Award-winning drama, “NYPD Blue.” ABC strongly opposed the proposed fine, noting that when the brief scene in question was telecast almost five years ago, this critically acclaimed drama had been on the air for a decade and the realistic nature of its storylines were well known to the viewing public, and arguing that the FCC's action was inconsistent with the Commission's own indecency standards, procedural requirements, and prior decisions; with the indecency statute; and with the First Amendment."

The affiliates backed up ABC, too.

"Also today, the ABC Affiliates Association filed a response to the NAL on behalf of the 50 non-owned ABC affiliates named in the NAL. Ray Cole, Chairman of the ABC Affiliates Association's Board of Governors, commented: "The ABC Affiliates support our network in its view that the portion of the episode of NYPD Blue in question is not actionably indecent under the law. ABC Affiliates also believe that the process and procedures employed by the Commission in the handling of this matter were deeply flawed and violate well-settled legal standards."

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