I recall NYPD Blue gifting us with Dennis Franz's backside.
Here's his front side:
Please excuse me for not being overjoyed at the ruling.
You know what the great thing about nudity on TV is?
You can change the channel or turn it off if you have a personal objection to it.
You can even write to the production team and network and voice your objections, even after turning it off! Just because they CAN show something doesn't mean they HAVE to, and if their viewers let them know that they don't want to see it, they won't film or show it.
I understand that a lot of people object to televised nudity, though I do not myself. I don't particularly understand why nudity - or even explicit sex - is considered to be worse than implied or explicit violence by our country. Why is the latter acceptable on news and public network broadcast while the former is not? Isn't it worse to glorify infliction of pain, suffering, torture, and death than to show two people sharing a loving relationship - or even just screwing? Why is Jack Bauer acceptable for network primetime when, say, 'Red Shoe Diaries' is not? Don't get me wrong, I loves me a good car chase or gunfight on TV or in the movies - but why are those no issue, where depiction of a loving or even simply consensual sexual encounter is (or at least is more problematic)?