Nets Challenge FCC Indecency Ruling

WASHINGTON ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, their station affiliates and Hearst-Argyle Television have filed suit in a number of federal courts, including New York and Washington, D.C., to challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s ruling on March 15 that found the language on several programs to be indecent.

The FCC levied nearly $4 million in fines for TV broadcasts, including a record $3.6 million for a single show on CBS.

A scene from CBS’ Without a Trace and the now-infamous Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl half-time show were among the shows fined.