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10/2: Parents Television Council files complaint with “Survivor” for Marcus Lehman’s accidental nudity
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A couple of days ago, I wrote that I thought the Parents Television Council, which spearheads most protests against curse words and nudity on broadcast TV, wouldn’t get all hot and bothered by CBS’s accidental exposure of Emory Med School grad Marcus Lehman’s privates during the first episode of “Survivor” last Thursday.
I was wrong. Here is the lead from a story in Broadcasting & Television.
The Parents Television Council filed an indecency complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against an episode of Survivor: Gabon that featured a brief glimpse of a contestant’s penis.
The FCC’s crackdown on fleeting nudity and swearing is in limbo at the moment due to court cases challenging both, but it was PTC complaints about the Super Bowl and other programming that helped to fuel the FCC’s stepped-up enforcement.
CBS has argued it was fleeting and inadvertent. It’s during an immunity challenge. Lehman is wearing loose fitting boxers.
I’m not going to link to any video of it since it might be a wee bit over the line for ajc.com, but it isn’t hard to find on the Web. (CBS has taken it off its site.) One site even adds music and sets it up in slow mo. True, it fleeting and inadvertent but it’s obvious once you know what to look for.
Interestingly, “Survivor” usually errs on the side of caution when it comes to nudity, blurring out anything that even could be problematic. My favorite was Amanda’s butt area during “Survivor: China,” which was blurred excessively. Here’s what Amanda told Reality TV World about that back in 2007:
Reality TV World: What was up with the constant editing blur the show’s editors seemed to have on you? You were blurred more than Richard Hatch — the guy who regularly walked around completely naked during Season 1. Were you aware of your apparent shorts problem while you were out there?
Amanda: No! Nothing was the problem! My parents call me “fuzz butt.” (laughing) I have no idea what was wrong. Even James said, “I looked at your butt all along, and I didn’t know what was wrong.” They made it seem like I had some huge ugly tattoo on my butt or something.
I have the slightest idea of what was going on. I think it was because the whole [CBS’ Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show with] Janet Jackson [when her boob was exposed]. They really have to be careful about what they show on TV.
-Nudge, who was at Star 94 for four years as the night guy until the end of 2007, has stated a syndicated top 40 night show through Dial Global, set to launch in mid October. He said he’ll be able to do more of his schtick, schtick that Star often reined in the last year he was there. (You know—“Hot Mom Check In, wot wot!” and the like).
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