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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 February 28, 2005
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 Janice Wise at (202) 418-7450
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FCC DENIES INDECENCY COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT” EPISODE

Washington, D.C.: The Federal Communications Commission today issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order denying a complaint by the Parents Television Council alleging that Fox Television Stations, Inc., the licensee of Station WTTG(TV), Washington, D.C., and other television stations affiliated with the Fox Television Network, aired indecent material contained in an episode of the “Arrested Development” program.

The Commission concluded that the episode of the “Arrested Development” program was not sufficiently explicit or graphic to be indecent.

By the Commission: Chairman Powell, Commissioners Abernathy, Copps, Martin and Adelstein, FCC 05-36, February 28, 2005.

Enforcement Bureau Contacts: Janice Wise or Lisa Fowlkes (202) 418-7450

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