ABC Joins Fox, CBS to Fight Profanity Appeal

ABC JOINS FOX, CBS TO FIGHT PROFANITY APPEAL
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
CBS and ABC joined Fox to ask the Supreme Court not to review a lower-court decision that essentially took the Federal Communications Commission to the woodshed for failing to justify its crackdown on fleeting profanity. While Fox and CBS have been together from the beginning of the challenge, ABC stepped away after the FCC rescinded its profanity finding against the network over NYPD Blue. But in the wake of the FCC's $1.4 million fine for nonfleeting nudity in that show two weeks ago, ABC added its name to the Supreme Court petition in recent days. NBC is filing its own brief. Although no NBC shows were involved, the network is said to believe the issue is important enough for it to weigh in separately. Both filings are responding to the FCC's request that the High Court review last year's decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
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