Wallowing in Sex

Abstract

morning-after'' scene brought an onslaught of protests (''Strangers,'' abc, 7 November 1989), the brief nudity introduced in the first season of nypd Blue (abc, 1993-2005) was considered scandalous, and the Janet Jackson ''wardrobe malfunction'' that exposed her breast during the half-time show of the 2004 Super Bowl (cbs, 1 February 2004) incited a flurry of indecency crackdowns by the federal government.The new sexual culture of 1970s television did not cause these future developments, but in preceding them it helped to make them possible, and perhaps even probable.In so doing, the new sexual culture of 1970s television affected not only the future of American television but also the futures of those viewers for whom television would remain a key cultural reference point.

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