The Parents Television Council (PTC) on Monday released results of a
research analysis of nudity on prime-time broadcast television—and the
results may shock (and even disgust) you.
During the 2011-2012
season there were 76 incidents of full nudity on 37 shows compared to 15
incidents in 14 shows the previous year, representing a 407 percent
increase in incidents. What's more, almost 70 percent of the scenes that
depicted full nudity during the 2011–2012 study period were on shows
that aired before 9 p.m. and as early as 7 p.m. In comparison, 50
percent of the full nudity scenes aired after 9 p.m. the previous year.
Out
of 76 instances of full nudity during the 2011–2012 study period, only
five of those depictions occurred on shows that contained an "S"
descriptor alerting parents to the explicit adult content. And relative
to full-frontal nudity, one instance occurred during the 2010–2011 study
period and by the same time the following year, 64 instances of
full-frontal nudity had aired. This represents a 6,300 percent increase
in just one year.
In other findings, there was a 2,700 percent
increase in the use of blurring or pixilation to cover body parts in
2011–2012 compared to the previous year. And during the 2010–2011 study
period, black bars, logos and/or conveniently placed objects in a scene
were used to block the view of sexual organs from the viewer 87 percent
of the time. In contrast, during the 2011–2012 study period, 74 percent
of the incidents of full nudity used blurring or pixilation to cover
sexual body parts.
In light of the findings, PTC President Tim
Winter sent a letter to congressional members asking them to urge the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move forward in clearing the
backlog of 1.6 million unadjudicated indecency complaints. The following
are excerpts from PTC’s letter to congressional members:
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