Entertainment or Indecency?

If six years ago someone told me there would be a show where America voted to pair up total strangers in hopes that they would be compatible and get married I would have laughed. Five years ago, it happened. Now it's getting sued, but not for a reason you'd imagine.

Married by America was pretty popular back in 2003. The premise of the show was for America to play cupid and cast votes to pair up couples in hopes that two of the five contestants would be compatible enough to get married in three weeks and win a house and a $500,000 prize.

With all weddings came the infamous bachelor and bachelorette parties. This one in particular raised the eyebrows of many viewers, including the FCC. The heavily pixilated clip of the party lasted a mere 10.5 seconds and earned Fox network a fine of 1.2 million dollars.

Now just short of five years later the fine which was once almost erased completely was reduced. Fox stands behind their fine stating,

“While it is true that the nude female breasts and buttocks shown were pixilated, the commission has never held that the full exposure of sexual or excretory organs is required to satisfy the first prong of the broadcast indecency standard.”

Wait. Is this show entertainment or pure indecency? Where was Fox when this idea was brought into the drawing bored? The whole idea of the show is indecent, not to mention inconsiderate to families who have valued their marriage. The idea of introducing people and hoping that they will like each other just enough to decide they want to marry each other in three weeks is indecent. People wonder why the divorce rate is so high. It's probably more detrimental to our society to promote a three week marriage then it is to show some T&A on TV.