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American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez reacts as fellow judge Steven Tyler, left, of Aerosmith makes a joke about wearing Lopez's pants as Randy Jackson is seen at right during the American Idol panel at the Fox Broadcasting Company Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena , Calif.
From left to right, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest participate in the American Idol panel at the Fox Broadcasting Company Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena , Calif. LOS ANGELES (AP) -- If the US Supreme Court is willing to listen, rocker Steven Tyler has something "old school" to say about nudity and profanity on broadcast TV. "There's a certain charm and passion and magic in not showing full-frontal nudity" or using constant profanity, Tyler said, as the high court prepared to take up a First Amendment case on the regulation of the airwaves. Granted, the Aerosmith singer tossed off a bleeped strong expletive or two on Fox's live "American Idol" after joining it as a judge last season. "I have (cursed on air) a couple times, because it is 2012," Tyler said. But an occasional swear word is different than a stream of them, which he suggested could happen without rules and wouldn't be something he welcomes. "If you start surfing channel to channel and you're on NBC and it's (expletive) and channel 4 and it's (expletive) and channel 7 and it's (expletive), it wouldn't be fun to surf," he said. A pun about an "American Idol" contestant's revealingly short outfit may be fun -- "Here's to looking up your old address," offered Tyler -- but the use of blunt language "turns it into something crass." There are pejorative terms, such as those involving race and gender, that never should be heard on TV, said Tyler. He returns to "Idol" with fellow judges Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson for the singing contest's 11th season, starting Jan. The Supreme Court case set to be heard Tuesday could reshape the regulation of broadcasting. In 2010, the federal appeals court in New York threw out the Federal Communications Commission's rules affecting the hours children are likely viewers. That includes a ban on the use of even a single curse word on live TV as well as fines against broadcasters who showed a woman's nude buttocks on a 2003 episode of ABC's "NYPD Blue." The Obama administration has objected that the appeals court stripped the FCC of its ability to police the airwaves, and the commission is appealing the ruling. The FCC's policy against fleeting expletives was set after a January 2003 NBC broadcast of the Golden Globes awards show, in which U2 lead singer Bono uttered the phrase "f------ brilliant." The FCC found its ban was also violated by a December 2002 broadcast of the Billboard Music Awards in which Cher used the phrase "F--- 'em" and a December 2003 Billboard awards show in which reality show star Nicole Richie said, "Have you ever tried to get cow s--- out of a Prada purse? The commission's stepped-up broadcast indecency enforcement in recent years, including record fines for violations, was spurred in part by public outrage over Janet Jackson's breast-baring performance during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. TV networks -- including Tyler's home base, Fox -- argue that the FCC's policy is vague, irregularly applied and outdated, affecting only broadcast television while leaving unregulated the same content if it's delivered on cable TV or over the Internet. Tyler predicted Monday the Supreme Court will allow "certain words, and that's that."
American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez reacts as fellow judge Steven Tyler, left, of Aerosmith makes a joke about wearing Lopez's pants as Randy Jackson is seen at right during the American Idol panel ...
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Randolph o 6 hrs ago If the cable companies would let us choose what cable channels we got one by one instead of bundles, we could just get the well behaved channels and stop paying for the ill behaved channels.
Boston, Massachusetts o 5 hrs ago Red Skelton,one of this country's greatest comics, had a long and great career,and managed to do it without the use foul language.
Stinkysocks o 7 hrs ago If the FCC thinks the f word is too horrible for children to hear, I invite them over to explain why erectile dysfunction and 4 hour woodys are a bad thing to my 7 year old daughter.
Paula o 6 hrs ago Agree about "the changing the channel" concept if you do not like what you see. But, when you are watching an OK program with your kids and all of a sudden out of nowhere their is a questionable commercial or you hear some words that are inappropriate for kids to hear, it is a bit too late to change the channel. I find that kids today, lack the manners that were very important during my time. Also, you listen to some of them speak and they cannot construct a proper sentence. TV can be a good influence but also a bad one and some guidelines need to be in place.
Phoenix, Arizona o 6 hrs ago This country has become a nation of filthy mouth's, you can't even watch a cooking show on the Food Channel without some "star" cursing. It just shows how ignorant you are and how limited your education must be when you can't think of a less offensive word to express yourself.
Phoenix, Arizona o 4 hrs ago PS If there is freedom and the networks abuse it by broadcasting lude material, those of us who are not amused will simply turn their crap off!
Albany, New York o 8 hrs ago An old saying by a very smart man once said - "profanity is used when the speaker lacks the intellegence to find an appropriate word to use in it's stead." In movies you expect but with kids and family on regular TV it is not needed.
Geneseo, New York o 7 hrs ago Personally I am so tired and sick of all of the swearing, casual sex/nudity and underage drinking on tv. Every show now all you here is "that #$%$ and these are suppose to be "family" shows on basic television. you no longer have to go to cable to watch garbage it is shown on all stations now.
Kalamazoo, Michigan o 8 hrs ago It would be SO nice to be able to have TV programs be one place we can go to for entertainment that is free of profanity. It's difficult for parents to let children watch TV on their own today. There's too much ugliness in the world and I don't welcome it coming into my home thru my TV.
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