LOS ANGELES — In the late 1990s and early aughts, the conservative Parents Television Council struck fear in the hearts of network TV executives for its high-profile campaigns against shows it deemed too raunchy.

The watchdog group, founded by conservative commentator L. Brent Bozell III, railed against Fox's "Melrose Place" and "Family Guy"; NBC's "Just Shoot Me"; and the CW's "Gossip Girl." It also singled out CBS following the infamous Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake "nipplegate" controversy during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show when the singer's breast was briefly exposed. ×

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