'We Have to Be Perfect'

摘要

Washington just can't stop hammering the TV industry. In Hollywood, though, the fear is less about what's happening now than about what could happen later. In football terms, the industry is deeply committed to a prevent defense. Suddenly nervous networks are asking writers and producers to make relatively small changes in scripted programs―blurring a butt here, obscuring a breast there. They are instituting video and audio delays in all live programming, and CBS is including delays in sports programs, as well. Network executives have asked some producers to tone down sexual innuendo, which has long been a regular part of such shows as Friends and Will & Grace.