Yet another salvo was fired across the entertainment industry’s bow from an increasingly puritanical government agency the other day when the FCC decided to fine CBS 3.6 million dollars for an episode of “Without A Trace” that aired over a year ago
The biggest proposed fine issued Wednesday by the Federal Communications Commission was for $3.6 million – a record – against dozens of CBS stations and affiliates. The FCC said an episode of the CBS crime drama “Without a Trace” that aired in December 2004 was indecent, citing the graphic depiction of “teenage boys and girls participating in a sexual orgy.”
CBS objected, saying the program “featured an important and socially relevant storyline warning parents to exercise greater supervision of their teenage children.”
