The show hasn't even been broadcast yet and the WB's The Bedford Diaries is already part of the controversial news about the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This week, the US regulatory body levied fines on CBS's Without a Trace for a teen orgy scene that showed no naughty bits and that was part of a storyline emphasizing the need for parental supervision, while leaving Oprah unscathed for a show on teen sex parties that used explicit language to describe oral and anal sex.

IF SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE WHATS"S ON THE TELEVISION,CHANGE IT,..GENIUS YOU WATCH WHAT YOU WANT,AND SO WILL EVERYONE ELSE....LEAVE US ALONE!... YOU HINEYHEAD U!

Well, the advocacy groups are part of the issue, but it's the FCC - the US government - who are doing the damage here by agreeing with them and the other individuals who complain. And yet their indecency rules are arbitrary, inconsistent, and can't touch what the WB puts on their website as opposed to the airwaves.

A Russell Reasearch survey showed that 8 percent of parents favoured government regulation of TV content. If that's accurate, maybe the other 92 percent should think about speaking up.

Diane I couldn't agree more. That is the problem with most of the protests and law suit's these days. Its always about a minority or a handful of people being offended. With these groups, if one person is offended then everyone else needs to change their actions. Its a bunch of bull and the other 92% does need to wake up.

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