# Whose $1.4 million ass was shown on NYPD Blue in 2003? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-1-4-million-ass-was-shown-on-nypd-blue-in-2003/435206 "2008-01-27T18:11:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-1-4-million-ass-was-shown-on-nypd-blue-in-2003/435206/1 "2008-01-27T18:11:36Z")
[http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080126/D8UDIA6O0.html](http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080126/D8UDIA6O0.html) > [@](#): > > The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $1.4 million fine against 52 ABC Television Network stations over a 2003 broadcast of cop drama NYPD Blue. > > The fine is for a scene where a boy surprises a woman as she prepares to take a shower. The scene depicted “multiple, close-up views” of the woman’s “nude buttocks” according to an agency order issued late Friday. Lets not debate the many issues that arise from this incident, that’s for another forum. I just want to know whose got the $1.4 million tush. Whose now-infamous ass was this? ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-1-4-million-ass-was-shown-on-nypd-blue-in-2003/435206/2 "2008-01-27T18:18:26Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] [http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080126/D8UDIA6O0.htmlLets](http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080126/D8UDIA6O0.htmlLets) not debate the many issues that arise from this incident, that’s for another forum. I just want to know whose got the $1.4 million tush. Whose now-infamous ass was this? [/QUOTE] Charlotte Ross. I remember it well, it was the nudiest bit of nudity that _NYPD Blue_ ever showed. ETA: Google “Charlotte Ross” “nude awakening” with Safesearch off, and you’ll get a pretty good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-1-4-million-ass-was-shown-on-nypd-blue-in-2003/435206/3 "2008-01-27T18:31:45Z")
Thank you. And I thank the gods it wasn’t Charlotte **Rae** , which is who came to mind when I first read that name. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-1-4-million-ass-was-shown-on-nypd-blue-in-2003/435206/4 "2008-01-27T18:46:11Z")
I, for one, feel much safer now that I know the FCC has stepped in _ALMOST FIVE YEARS LATER_. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-1-4-million-ass-was-shown-on-nypd-blue-in-2003/435206/5 "2008-01-27T18:58:26Z")
Didn’t we see Dennis Franz’s butt? I wanna say we saw Jimmy Smits’ butt too, but maybe that’s just wishful thinking. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-1-4-million-ass-was-shown-on-nypd-blue-in-2003/435206/6 "2008-01-27T19:41:58Z")
And Rick Scroeder’s and Kim Delaney’s… there were lots of naked butts on that show. I think the difference is that the one being fined aired before 10:00pm in some markets. Ditto what **ASAKMOTSD** said. I’d love to know the explanation for why it’s even an issue all this time later. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-1-4-million-ass-was-shown-on-nypd-blue-in-2003/435206/7 "2008-01-27T20:00:07Z")
[QUOTE=gwendee] And Rick Scroeder’s and Kim Delaney’s… there were lots of naked butts on that show. I think the difference is that the one being fined aired before 10:00pm in some markets. Ditto what **ASAKMOTSD** said. I’d love to know the explanation for why it’s even an issue all this time later. [/QUOTE] [Speculation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=453209) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-1-4-million-ass-was-shown-on-nypd-blue-in-2003/435206/8 "2008-01-27T22:05:33Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Didn’t we see Dennis Franz’s butt? I wanna say we saw Jimmy Smits’ butt too, but maybe that’s just wishful thinking. [/QUOTE] I think we saw everybody’s butt . . . and more. But this episode went a little further than usual. I like to think of that episode as “Little Theo gets His First Woody.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-1-4-million-ass-was-shown-on-nypd-blue-in-2003/435206/9 "2008-01-27T22:06:35Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] Thank you. And I thank the gods it wasn’t Charlotte **Rae** , which is who came to mind when I first read that name. [/QUOTE] And thank god it wasn’t Charlotte Church either.