Why are Americans like this?
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I wouldn't say Americans are like that. It's leftover TV laws from way back. The thing is if someone wanted to change it you're going to get the same super polarized opinions of anything else. You'd have one group that wants to allow and encourage anything and everything so they can put tranny porn on kids shows. Then the other group would want to require long pants and dresses. So, the rest of us just say "fuck it leave it alone." That's beside the fact with what all else is going on that we'd have any desire to spend energy worrying about broadcast TV laws of all things.
its been quite long since era before 2008 ended
There aren't any TV laws about butts. It's totally NBC and advertisers. Maybe they went overboard worrying about complaints to the FCC, but I think it was totally unreasonable even then. The show must already have been TV-MA.I haven't dug into case law, specific statutes, how it's interpreted or whatever, but this FCC page sure seems to state it's against the law.
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/obscene-indecent-and-profane-broadcasts
I don't think it's nearly that far of a stretch to put a butt in the excretory organ category.
Ugh... I did look up the case law after reading your comment, and according to the FCC you are correct - their definition does include butts.
My favorite part of the document is this.
Won't somebody please think of the children?
But I could swear I've seen naked butts on broadcast TV since the rating system was implemented.