The Parents Television Council really, really doesn’t like the nude kids on the block.
Two months ago, the organization filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission regarding Las Vegas’ Feb. 15 season-ender, protesting three shadowy naked women shown on a security monitor.
Now the PTC is railing against reality competition America’s Next Top Model. The New York Post reports that the PTC has filed an indecency complaint with the FCC over the show’s March 26 episode, which featured a fully nude model posing for pictures in bed, Marilyn Monroe-style.
In the show’s defense, the nudity was partially blurred. And from what I remember of the episode, nary a nipple popped up. Several times, camera equipment cleverly obstructed the view of the model, and often bedsheets were strategically placed.
Council president Tim Winter nevertheless called the shoot “irresponsible” and said it “crossed the legal threshold for broadcast indecency.”
He added, “This is not simply a matter of artistic freedom, as some might claim. Rather, this is about a television network intentionally pushing the envelope to establish a new acceptable nudity standard for the broadcast medium.”
Winter maintained that the segment was uncalled for and irrelevant to the Tyra Banks-hosted modelling show. “The entire photo shoot scene, which lasted for more than a minute, is wholly gratuitous and undoubtedly intended to titillate,” he said.
“Parents and families are fed up with such blatant and continued disregard for decency standards.”
The CW had no comment.
Also in legal news, Eonline is reporting that Poison frontman Bret Michaels has been included in a breach-of-contract suit filed April 4.
The producers of Rock of Love have been targeted by the owner of the $9 million California mansion that was the setting for the show’s second season.
The complaint? Classic rock star behaviour – smashing things.
Apparently, when Ray Sahranavard returned after the show ended its two-month filming stint he found holes in the walls and ceilings, removed doors, dead grass and outdoor plants, and an almost entirely repainted interior.
Mindless Entertainment Inc. had vowed to treat the home with kid gloves – and added another $3 million of extra liability insurance.
Sahranavard says a contractor placed the cost of the damage at about $380,000.
melissa@tvguide.ca
