Obscured nudity during TV's 'family hour' draws complaint

Dan Isett, an official with the Parents Television Council, says the Federal Communications Commission needs to hear from pro-family activists after a recent episode of America's Next Top Model.

According to the Parents Television Council (PTC), on the March 26th episode of America's Next Top Model, a model was shown posing nude for photos while lying on a bed. Although the nudity was partially blurred, the PTC says it is helping people file indecency complaints about the episode. The program airs at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern) on Wednesdays.
 
Isett says it is irresponsible for the CW Television Network to air such a program during the family hour. "I don't think this is a question of artistic freedom," he states bluntly. "There are certain rules and obligations that go along with holding a federal broadcast license in order to use the public airwaves for free -- and one of those rules is that you can't air indecent material at the times of day when we know millions of children are watching," Isett contends.
 
PTC president Tim Winter believes this airing of nudity has "crossed the legal threshold for broadcast indecency." Winter states in a press release that he believes CW is intentionally foregoing the standard boundaries in an effort to establish a "new, acceptable nudity standard" for broadcast television.
 
Isett believes the FCC is now more vigilant when it comes to policing the public airwaves than it has been in the past. "There's been issue in the past with the FCC essentially ignoring broadcast decency complaints. That's no longer the case, although the process does take a long time usually to get through at the FCC. But the first step in that is for the American people to step up and say 'no, we own the broadcast airways and we think this is inappropriate when we know kids are watching,'" Isett says.
 
America's Next Top Model runs during the time slot that is known as the "Family Hour" on primetime network television. The CW Network is a joint venture between Warner Brothers Entertainment and the CBS Corporation.

the good news is, I stopped watching this show long time ago

just a bunch of ladies beating each other out and get the top model place

We got better things to do 

We don't even watch tv anymore because if you can find a decent show, you have to censor the commercials!