WHO
WOULD
HAVE
thought
that
one
little
nipple
would
cause
such
a
huge
ripple?
Such
was
the
case
with
Janet
Jackson’s
breast-baring
“wardrobe
malfunction”
during
the
Super
Bowl
halftime
show
earlier
this
year.
After
the
incident,
the
Federal
Communications
Commission,
politicians
and
some
viewers
were
accused
by
their
more
liberal
brethren
of
trying
to
expand
the
definition
of
what
is
deemed
“indecent,”
but
that
apparently
doesn’t
include
same-sex
“dry
humping.”
In
an
Aug.
9
ruling,
the
FCC
said
that
a
girl-on-girl
kiss
and
“dry
hump”
(which
seems
to
have
occurred
between
series
star
Debra
Messing
and
guest
star
Glenn
Close,
though
the
names
aren’t
mentioned
in
the
complaint)
were
not
indecent.
“Both
characters
are
fully
clothed,
and
there
is
no
evidence
that
the
activity
depicted
was
dwelled
upon,
or
was
used
to
pander,
titillate
or
shock
the
audience,”
the
ruling
reads.
The
Arizona-based
group
Americans
for
Decency
filed
the
indecency
complaint
in
reference
to
a
syndicated
episode
of
“W&G”
that
aired
in
March
2003,
on
KSAZ,
a
Fox
Broadcasting
Co.
station
in
Phoenix,
Ariz.
The
FCC
also
dismissed
a
similar
complaint
against
D.C.’s
own
UPN
station,
WDCA,
regarding
an
episode
of
gay
favorite
“Buffy
the
Vampire
Slayer”
that
aired
on
Nov.
21,
2001.
The
complaint,
filed
by
the
Parents
Television
Council,
took
umbrage
with
an
episode
where
Buffy(Sarah
Michelle
Gellar)
and
vampire
Spike
(James
Marsters)have
a
physical
fight
before
“engaging
in
what
is
alleged
…
to
be
sexual
intercourse,”
the
ruling
says.
The
FCC
didn’t
find
the
scene
“sufficiently
graphic
or
explicit”
to
be
deemed
indecent.
“W&G”
SURVIVED
THE
scrutiny
this
time,
but
the
FCC
might
be
watching
the
Sept.
23
episode
very
closely.
NBC
recently
announced
that
Jackson
will
portray
herself
in
an
episode
that
airs
on
that
date,
marking
the
superstar’s
first
primetime
role
in
20
years.
The
Sept.
23
show
follows
the
release
of
Janet’s
forthcoming
DVD
“From
Janet
to
Damita
Jo”
on
Sept.
7,
a
compilation
of
videos
from
her
remarkable
career.
Another
pop
star,
Jennifer
Lopez,
will
reprise
her
role
on
“W&G”
for
the
season
premiere
on
Sept.
16.
During
the
program’s
season
finale
last
year,
Jack
(Sean
Hayes)
ran
off
to
be
a
backup
dancer
for
Lopez.
This
season,
Karen
(Megan
Mullally)
tries
to
get
J.
Lo
to
sing
a
song
she’s
written,
titled
“I
Hurt,
Too,”
and
uses
Jack
to
get
close
to
J.
Lo.
Now
that
Jack
has
some
street
cred
as
a
backup
dancer,
he
apparently
is
going
to
use
it
to
become
part
of
Jackson’s
troupe.
Sexy
actor
Bobby
Cannavale,
who
played
a
police
officer
and
Will’s
love
interest
in
several
episodes
last
season,
will
be
returning
for
at
least
five
episodes
this
time
around,
TV
Guide
reports.
“This
is
the
first
[Will
romance]
we’ve
explored
to
this
extent,”
Alex
Herschlag,
the
show’s
executive
producer,
told
TV
Guide.
After
a
brief
romantic
tangle
with
a
cop
played
by
Michael
Douglas,
this
is
the
second
member
of
“New
York’s
Finest”
that
Will
has
been
linked
to.
Is
it
a
fetish?
The
quest
for
“Will’s
boyfriend”
has
almost
become
a
fetish
for
gay
viewers.
It
has
been
announced
before
(remember
when
Dan
Futterman
showed
up
as
Karen’s
cousin
Barry
and
was
supposed
to
be
the
love
of
Will’s
life)
but
has
never
materialized.
So,
let’s
just
wait
and
see.
As
for
Cannavale,
he’s
getting
a
lot
of
attention
from
gay
viewers
these
days.
Aside
from
Will’s
maybe-boyfriend,
he’s
currently
playing
a
homo-amorous
co-worker
of
Keith’s
(Mathew
St.
Patrick)on
HBO’s
“Six
Feet
Under.”
Back
in
2003,
he
appeared
as
a
gay
inmate
in
a
few
episodes
of
“Oz,”
another
gay
favorite
on
HBO.
Cannavale
was
also
Samantha’s
boyfriend
with
the
“funky-tasting
spunk”
on
a
memorable
(and
nearly
indecent)
episode
of
“Sex
and
the
City.”M
Maybe
Miss
Jackson
isn’t
the
one
the
FCC
should
worry
about
being
nasty.
