New busybody campaign to control the TV airwaves (ABC football 'nudity')

[Bluebear]

NEW YORK - ABC apologized Tuesday for a steamy intro to "Monday Night Football" after receiving complaints from viewers and the NFL.

The spot featured a naked Nicollette Sheridan jumping into the arms of Terrell Owens.

Before the Philadelphia-Dallas game, ABC showed Owens and Sheridan in an empty locker room in an attempt to spoof the network hit "Desperate Housewives." Sheridan, who stars in the show, was wearing only a towel and provocatively asked Owens to skip the game for her.

After she dropped her towel, he agreed to be late for the contest and hugged her. Then the shot panned out to two more stars of "Desperate Housewives," Teri Hatcher and Felicity Huffman, watching the scene unfold on a television and commenting on desperate women.

"We have heard from many of our viewers about last night's MNF opening segment and we agree that the placement was inappropriate," ABC said in a statement. "We apologize."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041116/ap_on_en_tv/fbn_mnf_apology_6

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1. Good grief

[Castilleja]

2. That WAS Nicollette Sheridan??

Wow, it didn't look quite like her, but I thought it was her. I wonder what in the world she has had done to herself, she looks very different. I didn't think the opening was bad, just weird.

[zbdent]

3. Have you heard how pissed off many Clevelanders were

that Desperate Housewives was delayed until late night so that the football fans would not have another "Heidi" moment?

Browns's loss to Baltimore was broadcast on local ABC station. Well, after watching the Browns' performance, I can see why people would want to watch Desperate Housewives over Desperate Football . . .