Then: How the phrase "boob tube" became a triple entendre.
In October, a month after CBS is docked $550,000 by the FCC for Janet Jackson's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction," Fox is slapped with a $1.2 million fine for an episode of the reality show Married by America in which two topless strippers spank a man and have whipped cream licked off them. The levy prompts 65 ABC affiliates to refuse to air the film Saving Private Ryan on Veterans Day for fear of more fines.
Now: Holy &%#^ that's a big fine!
In June of 2006, President Bush signs the Broadcast Decency bill, after it passes through the House and Senate. The bill increases the fine for networks that violate decency standards ten times, from $32,500 to $325,000.