DRUDGE: CBS TO IMPLEMENT ENHANCED DELAY OF GRAMMY AWARDS

ENHANCED DELAY OF GRAMMY AWARDS???

Show them next October!

21 posted on 02/03/2004 6:38:42 PM PST by JOE6PAK ("The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein)

Despite what is apparently the conventional wisdom here, the Super Bowl was not broadcast with a 7-second delay. It was truly live, and while the network may have known about the incident in advance, you can't use the delay argument to prove it.

22 posted on 02/03/2004 6:41:24 PM PST by Dog Gone

[ENHANCED DELAY OF GRAMMY AWARDS???]

Show them next October!

How about delaying them until October, 2054.

23 posted on 02/03/2004 6:42:52 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Any day you wake up is a good day.)

I know I'm just dreaming, but wouldn't it be swell if the so-called artists decide to stop going to these never ending awards shows because of such 'awful' restrictions of their freedom to continue to demonstrate to the public their pathetic need for good or bad publicity.

Or maybe they'll be moved to cable, if they must pat themselves on the back every other week...

24 posted on 02/03/2004 6:47:14 PM PST by uvular (2004 nominiee for Domestic Goddess of the year!)

Well, the way I see it, they created their own mess -- he didn't. Plus, anyone who visits Drudge to get the latest gets dosed with a conservative slant. On Grammy night itself, if you listen to Drudge Radio you're likely to hear more hoots & hollers and derision than anything else. So it's all good. :)

25 posted on 02/03/2004 6:47:17 PM PST by lainie

To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

woohoo!

That's the best suggestion I've heard all night!

26 posted on 02/03/2004 6:47:42 PM PST by lainie

I don't understand your premise.

27 posted on 02/03/2004 6:49:27 PM PST by lainie

I'm not sure what's causing the confusion. Some people here have argued strenuously that the Super Bowl was telecast with a 7 second delay, so that they could have cut out the Jackson incident if they wanted to.

It's not true. The local radio station was also covering it, and they said they weren't using a delay. The audio matched the video on television. It's always that way with sports telecasts.

28 posted on 02/03/2004 6:54:52 PM PST by Dog Gone

I agree, Drudge for President!

Like his theme song Peter Gun...he's bad!

29 posted on 02/03/2004 6:55:41 PM PST by jungleboy

To: CFC__VRWC; Cicero

I have to admit I'm wondering where the Houston police are in all this. No local obscenity laws broken, only "federal?"

gotta love the status quo of it all

30 posted on 02/03/2004 6:56:14 PM PST by lainie

Maybe people are confused because the vocals of songs don't match perfectly.. because of the amplification factor in the stadium? I dunno. I haven't seen anybody arguing the point either way. This Grammy thing is just grandstanding on CBS's part.. and we're here to laugh at them, that's all.

31 posted on 02/03/2004 7:00:36 PM PST by lainie

i'm going to inhance my viewing pleasure of the grammys by having my television tuned to foxnews

32 posted on 02/03/2004 7:02:34 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (the garage, the sofa, or the oil in the can)

To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

How about delaying them until October, 2054.

I agree excellent idea.

33 posted on 02/03/2004 7:03:05 PM PST by Lady Eileen

I haven't talked to anyone locally who had anything good to say about any concert they'd attended at Reliant Stadium. The acoustics are horrible for that.

Great place to watch action, lousy place to listen to music.

But I agree with you about CBS and the Grammys. It's all about PR when they just hosted a debauchery scandal that could cost them financially.

34 posted on 02/03/2004 7:05:29 PM PST by Dog Gone

Ohfercryinoutloud. Now we have to tiptoe around these spoiled children in the music business. Good God in Heaven...............how pathetic that they can't act like adults.

35 posted on 02/03/2004 7:07:23 PM PST by RightOnline

Correction...You can't edit out clothing or a t-shirt with suggestive remarks.

Sure they can, if they wanted to. I don't think they want to.

36 posted on 02/03/2004 7:08:36 PM PST by CIB-173RDABN

Isn't it funny that the so-called professional musicians and actors can't be trusted?

37 posted on 02/03/2004 7:18:41 PM PST by lainie

Reliant Stadium

Reliant Stadium? Named, needless to say, after that great Plymouth car that was so reliant!

38 posted on 02/03/2004 7:21:13 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")

What is South Park?
Just kidding,since I am aware it is a cable TV show.
My child has never seen it, however.
Network broadcasts or as I call it, free TV, has or used to have, certain rating standards, generally at the PG level.
If they want to broadcast on free TV, they should be forced to keep it that way.
If you, or anyone else want more choices and programs geared to adults and rated R or higher,that is entirely your right to decide, since I dont have to pay for it, you do.
If CBS does not want to abide by FCC guidelines for free TV, they are free to remove themselves from those particular airwaves.
I am also free to completely turn off my TV, but stunts like this are why we have ratings and guidelines in the first place.
I should note that I did not watch this game.I like football, but for the past several years, the commercials and the halftime shows have included more sex and adult inuendo and foul language than I want to explain to my child while watching TV.
My choice of course, but I wish someone would explain to me why this should be so, given that the idea of FCC broadcast standards are supposed to be followed.

39 posted on 02/03/2004 8:13:26 PM PST by sarasmom (No war for oil=Give France/Russia/China etc oil ,and no war-or so Saddam thought.)

Another Story:

CBS Using Tape Delay on Grammy Telecast

By DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Following Janet Jackson's surprise breast-baring on the Super Bowl halftime show, CBS said Tuesday it would institute a video delay system to avoid any recurrence at Sunday's Grammy Awards.
CBS technicians were scrambling to invent the software - something more than five-second audio delay the network has used to bleep out swear words, like when Eminem performed on the Grammys two years ago.

Meanwhile, CBS may ask that Jackson and Justin Timberlake be banned from the Grammys if the network concludes the musicians fully intended to give Jackson the extra exposure on Sunday, said a network executive who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Variously referred to as "Nipplegate" and the "bra-ha-ha," the one-second Super Bowl flashing continued to cause reverberations Tuesday.

MTV boss Tom Freston, whose network produced the halftime show, bitterly complained about being "punk'd" by Janet Jackson, and Federal Communications Commission chief Michael Powell said the entire show angered him.

At the end of their duet Sunday, Timberlake snatched off part of Jackson's bustier on stage, revealing a breast clad only in a sun-shaped "nipple shield" to some 89 million viewers.

Jackson's spokeswoman, Jennifer Holiner, said a red lace garment was supposed to remain when Timberlake tore off the outer covering. But widespread questions remained about the intent.

Timberlake, who is nominated for five Grammy Awards, is scheduled to perform on Sunday's telecast. Jackson is supposed to present an award.

Whether they appear or not, CBS censors will have their fingers on a new delay system.

"Unfortunately, we cannot count on those who appear on our air to live up to our standards," said Martin Franks, CBS executive vice president.

Technicians were trying to come up with something more viewer-friendly than just fading to a blank screen if they want something off the air, he said.

Even with Christina Aguilera - who kissed Madonna onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards last summer - also scheduled to perform, Grammy producers haven't changed any plans because of the Super flashing, said Ron Roecker, spokesman for the Recording Academy.

"They're musicians," he said. "They're passionate about what they're doing and we can't be 100 percent in control of the action. We don't anticipate there being issues."

CBS faces an FCC investigation into whether the Super Bowl show violated decency laws, with potential fines of up to $27,500. If applied to each CBS station, the fine could reach into the millions.

Powell said Tuesday that the FCC had begun a formal investigation, and a letter was sent to CBS. "It's well under way," he said.

All five commissioners expressed concern about the Super Bowl broadcast, but Powell declined to speculate on what the FCC would do once the investigation was finished. "I'm not going to try to prejudge the outcome," he said.

Powell said he wasn't happy with the halftime show in general, which featured performances by Nelly and Kid Rock before the bump-and-grind duet with Jackson and Timberlake. Nelly gestured toward his crotch, while Kid Rock draped himself in an American flag-designed poncho.

"I think everybody's focusing on the finale, but a lot of what we've heard in terms of complaints and the breadth of the investigation is a little broader than just that incident," Powell said on ABC's "Good Morning America. "I personally was offended by the entire production."

Freston, chairman of MTV Networks, said he welcomed the FCC's investigation, which he said will prove that the show's producers and broadcasters had no prior knowledge of the stunt.

"We were really ripped off. We were punk'd by Janet Jackson," Freston said, referring to MTV's reality show that makes celebrities the butt of practical jokes.

Judy McGrath, MTV Networks group president, wouldn't comment on whether Jackson's stunt would have repercussions for her in the future on MTV. The singer, who has a new album out next month, was named MTV's first "icon" in 2001.

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AP writers Seth Sutel and Nekesa Mumbi Moody contributed to this report.

On our local ABC affiliate they are reporting that the nipple ornament was purchased in Houston on Friday evening at a cost of $120. Miss Jackson's people had been looking for something like that. Also, her costume was made in Houston last week.

She's supposed to make an offical statement in a few hours, what ever that means. I'm sure she will surround herself with all of her loving brothers and talk about being misunderstood.

40 posted on 02/03/2004 8:20:08 PM PST by Jaded (Personally, I think they should bring back flogging and burning at the stake. /so)

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