How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:58 pm
Hear it all the time now and it used to be one of the words that was taboo. Wonder why the ban was lifted?
Wasn’t that one of the 7 dirty words?
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Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:37 pm
Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:43 pm
The words, in the order Carlin listed them, are: "shit", "piss", "fuck", "cunt", "cocksucker", "motherfucker", and "tits".
Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:00 pm
Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:14 pm
Depends if it was on a 'over the air' channel OR cable.
Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:01 pm
Didn't Howard Stern perform the act once on TV?
Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:49 am
I have heard shit and others on USA and other cable channel original shows for several years now.
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:03 am
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:51 am
Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:54 am
I don't remember the exact rule but I don't think that is it. NYPD Blue on network TV broke several barriers including partial nudity and language.
Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:29 pm
I've noticed the last couple years it's been allowed on certain cable channels. Still censoring F bombs for the most part.
Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:32 pm
Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:10 am
I heard it on a Canadian TV station more than 40 years ago, when I picked up the station during atmospherics.
Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:28 pm
I think that you can say "PISS" to people!! (but NOT the other 6 words) 
Re: How long has "shit" been allowed to be spoken on tv?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:25 pm
It's my understanding that language is only an issue if reported to the FCC with evidence. They make a ruling. I recall the enforcement is not black and white. There are also certain times of the day where standards change, 10p seems to be a time when this happens. I recall seeing some lovely tittes on Benny Hill on PBS at 11:30pm.
Howard Stern did untasteful things and was fined only after someone who had recorded his program filed an FCC complaint. I still believe that was staged.
Then there was this bipolar headcase...
Howard Stern did untasteful things and was fined only after someone who had recorded his program filed an FCC complaint. I still believe that was staged.
Then there was this bipolar headcase...
Between 1999 and 2004, David Edward Smith's Citizens for Community Values filed 66 indecency complaints with the FCC relating to (Madcow)Eric Muller's program, leading to 6 citations and $42,000 in fines. In 2004 Muller sued Smith for harassment and business interference, but later dropped the lawsuit.[11][12] Emmis Communications entered into a 2004 consent decree with the FCC, agreeing to make a $300,000 "voluntary payment" to resolve the complaints; in 2006 (after Muller had ended his WKQX show), the FCC rejected Smith's challenge to this settlement.[13]