All four of the major broadcast TV networks – ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC – filed statements last week with the Federal Communication Commission seeking an end to government oversight of indecency standards on television, according to a Dateline New York report.
The broadcasters want to be able to show just as much sex, violence and obscenity as the cable networks, and they don't want it limited to after 10 p.m. ET.
The networks argued that the regulations violate their First Amendment rights and that the rules are archaic because families don't just sit down and watch broadcast television anymore.
The Los Angeles Times reported Fox, for example, argued that the FCC's rules are "stuck in a bygone era" and unfair to broadcasters because cable and online outlets do not face the same regulations.
"The FCC should affirm that it has no right to deny broadcasters the same First Amendment protections enjoyed by every other medium of communication," Fox said.
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