Yahoo! TV reports

In an unusual move, the Justice Department sued Fox Broadcasting Co. and another broadcaster Friday to collect $56,000 in fines for the broadcast of a raunchy reality show in 2003 that included scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties.  Fox’s “Married by America” included the “thrusting of a male stripper’s crotch into a woman’s face” in one show in addition to other scenes the agency found objectionable, according to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

I’ll be honest that my first reaction was “Holy Crap! That show aired four years ago!” But the more I read, the more I really understood why.  While I do think that parents need to be responsible of what their kids watch and that the TV ratings are not their for flavor, but FOX should be a little bit more respojnsible on what they air on their primetime.

What this sounds like, to me, is just another useless reality show trying to push the lines for pushing the lines sake, and I’m personally not a fan of that.  But what has me scratching my head is why this was bad, but shows like Temptation Island were considered OK? I mean, thats a show that was all about sex and aired during the primetime.