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http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/01/17/901535.html
Fox cracks under FCC pressure
Family Guy's Stewie
When it comes to cartoon nudity, Fox has bottomed out.
Entertainment president Gail Berman told critics yesterday that the network -- heavily fined by the U.S. regulator last fall for violating broadcast standards -- has censored their edgy cartoon comedy Family Guy.
"We pixilated animated butt, two weeks ago," Berman told a small gathering of critics after her executive session press conference.
The offending butt belonged to Stewie, Family Guy's diabolical baby. The four-year-old episode had run uncensored for several seasons.
The whole thing was a bummer, said Berman, who stressed that the censorship was not a reaction to viewer requests. "We did it because it was right after we had just been cited for indecency and we have to be a responsible broadcaster." Berman blamed shifting standards at the Federal Communications Commission for broadcast limits confusion. "We have to be second- and third-guessing ourselves now and that's not easy to do," she said.
Fox is currently challenging an FCC ruling levelling a $1.2-million fine at the network for an episode of Married By America. Parent groups complained to the FCC last summer after stumbling upon wild sex scenes on the little-seen series.
http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/01/17/901535.html
Fox cracks under FCC pressure
Family Guy's Stewie
When it comes to cartoon nudity, Fox has bottomed out.
Entertainment president Gail Berman told critics yesterday that the network -- heavily fined by the U.S. regulator last fall for violating broadcast standards -- has censored their edgy cartoon comedy Family Guy.
"We pixilated animated butt, two weeks ago," Berman told a small gathering of critics after her executive session press conference.
The offending butt belonged to Stewie, Family Guy's diabolical baby. The four-year-old episode had run uncensored for several seasons.
The whole thing was a bummer, said Berman, who stressed that the censorship was not a reaction to viewer requests. "We did it because it was right after we had just been cited for indecency and we have to be a responsible broadcaster." Berman blamed shifting standards at the Federal Communications Commission for broadcast limits confusion. "We have to be second- and third-guessing ourselves now and that's not easy to do," she said.
Fox is currently challenging an FCC ruling levelling a $1.2-million fine at the network for an episode of Married By America. Parent groups complained to the FCC last summer after stumbling upon wild sex scenes on the little-seen series.
