TV's Good Wife Takes On the FCC

Plot line gives nod to CBS' 'Nipplegate'

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Episodes of The Good Wife are often about take-no-prisoners Chicago politics or cutthroat corporate lawsuits. But Sunday night's episode was a "Capitol" delight, taking on the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast indecency rules, which frequently end up in court.

CBS, the network that airs The Good Wife, has had plenty of experience with broadcast indecency. Last June the Supreme Court declined to take on the infamous wardrobe malfunction case (where Janet Jackson's breast was exposed for a fraction of a section during the Super Bowl) letting stand an appeals court decision that tossed the FCC's ruling and $550,000 fine.

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