The Liberalization of TV

The LIBERALIZATION TV 1947 MARY KAY AND JOHN NY TV's first series to show a married couple sharing a bed 1950 THE O RIGIN AL WARD ROBE MALF UNCTION On a live broadcast, Faye Emerson accidentally "exposed her ample self coast to coast" DONT 1952 SAY "P REGN ANCY" The word was too risqué to say when introducing Little Ricky to / Love Lucy 1956 ELVIS PELVIS Elvis' gyrations first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show MIDRI FF 1965 NAVAL BATTLL ES Neither Jeannie, Ginger, nor Mary Ann were allowed to expose their belly buttons on air 1971 FIRST TOILET FLUSH All in the Family's network audiences was the first to hear a toilet flush 1975 FIRST BELLY BUTT ON Cher's naval was shown nationwide in the pilot episode of Cher FIRST FULL FEMALE NUDITY 1973 24 PBS affiliates carried the program Steambath where actress Valerie 1975 FIRST Perrine was completely naked GAY C OUPLE ABC's Hot I Baltimore, featured the first gay couple on TV 1975 FIRST BI-RACIAL COUPLE The Jeffersons featured one of television's first interracial couples 1976 FIRST NATI ONWIDDE NIP PLE NBC's miniseries: Captains and the Kings 1991 FIRST LESBI AN KISS ON NATIONAL TV L.A. Law featured a prolonged kiss between two female lawyers 2001 FIRST ROM ANTIC KISS B ETWE EN TWO MEN A season finale of Dawson's Creek featured the first passionate homosexual kiss between two men on primetime television 2001 SH*T In an episode of South Park, "sh*t" is said more than 160 times 162 1 second Nipple time on-air JANET #1 Ranking in TiVo's "most rewound moments" JACKS ON'S 2004 "WARD ROBE MALFUNCTION" Sources: CABLETVADVISOR.COM http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue259/tv_firsts.htmi http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/ilovelucy/castcrewset/ExhibitObjects/WritinglnPregnancy.aspx http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/31/censorship/ http://www.tv.com/shows/cher/ https://www.parentstv.org/PTC/facts/tvtimeline.asp http://www.infoplease.com/entertainment/gays-in-pop-culture-timeline.html http://www.tvland.com/shows/jeffersons/bios/roxie-roker http://www.aoltv.com/2010/05/20/50-most-shocking-tv-moments/ http://news.cnet.com/2100-1041 3-5152141.html http://www.patriotfiles.com http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/190/1232412198 1.jpg http://style.lifegoesstrong.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/slideshow_image/gallery/photos/cher1975.jpg http://www.novia.net/-ereitan/Color_Sys_CBS.html http://www.edsullivan.com/the-ed-sullivan-show-the-show-that-helped-elvis-presley-become-the-king-of-rock-%E2%80%98n-roll/ Powered By DirectStarTV DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING