Breaking: Gilmore Girls not obscene

The FCC today denied 36 indecency complaints filed by the Christian Right group Parents Television Council. Included were:

... multiple complaints about a November 2003 episode of "Gilmore Girls." In one scene, a character's grandfather reminisces about college pranks involving nudity. In another, two college students discuss an incident in which a male student who was nude spent the night in a dorm hallway.

A complaint over "The Simpsons" included a scene in which students carried picket signs with the phrases "What would Jesus glue?" and "Don't cut off my pianissimo."

Parents Television Council, eh? This led me to their website, where you can "File an FCC complaint," watch risque clips of TV shows they don't like (they have a whole "campaign" against an ABC sitcom called "Life As We Know It") and read flat-footed descriptions of every broadcast TV show, such as The Simpsons:

This long-running animated production focuses on the daily life of a suburban family living in the fictional town of Springfield. Despite its early timeslot and animated format, The Simpsons is not recommended for younger viewers. The show ridicules entrepreneurs, religion, educators, and law enforcement officials, and has occasionally incorporated foul language into its dialogue. The cartoon sends a mixed message on parenthood: while the father is a bumbling idiot, the mother is a loving and patient wife and role model.

They mock entrepreneuers! I guess that means Mr. Burns. Nothing there about gay characters such as Smithers or Homer's co-workers Lenny and Karl, but that might change this season.