As Fox, CBS and NBC are locked in a legal battle with the Federal Communications Commission over harsh new indecency rules, Fox’s entertainment president has accused the agency of creating “a chilling effect on creativity.”
The TV industry is particularly worried about violating decency standards because fines are now $325,000 per incident, 10 times the penalties until a new law was signed last month.
“The rules are murky and none of (the broadcast networks’) business plans are designed to handle such huge fines,” Peter Liguori said Monday during Fox’s portion of the Television Critics Assn.’s summer press tour.
Fox, along with CBS and NBC, is urging speedy court review of an FCC decision finding some of their shows violated decency standards, opposing a delay sought by the government.
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its great that they are trying to clean up stuff but on the otherhand they are taking it way too far. i like my family guy being dirty; its what sets it apart from the simpsons