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Posted May 21st 2007 10:16AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, South Park, The Wire, 30 Rock, TV Squad Lists
George Carlin's
"Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" routine famously landed him in jail. He was charged for obscenity in 1972 after performing the bit at Milwaukee's Summerfest. When it was broadcast the following year on a New York City radio station, the FCC got in on the act. The radio station challenged the fine, and the case went all the way to the Supreme Court.
Now, I intend on using every one of Carlin's "dirty words" after the jump so consider yourself warned. Be prepared to wash your computer's mouth out with soap. It may look like a saint, but it swears like sailor.
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Posted Nov 7th 2006 3:43PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: ABC, FOX, CBS, Industry, NYPD Blue
The
FCC has dismissed indecency charges against ABC's
NYPD Blue and CBS'
Early Show, but has upheld charges against - oh, delicious irony - Fox.
Back in April, the networks sued the FCC and asked an appeals court to invalidate the Commission's charges of indecency against
NYPD,
Early Show and Fox's broadcast of the Billboard Music Awards in 2002 and 2003 on the grounds that the charges were unconstitutional.
ABC got off easy. The
NYPD Blue episodes that used the words "dickhead" and "bullshit" were let off the hook because they aired several years ago - before the FCC upped its fines 10x, post-Janet wardrobe malfunction.
Continue reading FCC lets a foul-mouthed ABC and CBS off the hook
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