Indecency Complaints Plummet in 2Q

According to the FCC's quarterly report, released Wednesday, indecency and obscenity complaints against broadcast TV and radio dropped from 157,016 in the first quarter of 2005 to 6,161 in the second. That latter figure compares to 272,818 complaints in the second quarter of 2004. The drop since January has also been precipitous, from 138,652 in January to 14,480 in February, to 3,884 in March, to approximately 2,000 per month from April through June. January and February totals were boosted by Parents Television Council complaints against CBS' CSI (infantilism) and Without a Trace (teen orgy).
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
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* See the FCC release:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-261287A1.doc