Nudity in American television is a controversial topic. Aside from a few exceptions, nudity in the United States has traditionally not been shown on terrestrial television. On the other hand, cable television has been much less constrained as far as nudity is concerned. The Public Broadcasting Service , which features nudity in anthropological documentaries as well as some films, was the first network to display national programming that featured frontal female nudity on television.
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Nudity on television is still a rarity especially male nudity , but there are certain shows that push the boundaries — and then some. Behold, the most surprising and talked-about naked moments and shows in TV history. Naturally, this prompted The Wrap to do some investigative reporting, so they reached out to HBO and confirmed that yes: Alexander's big moment was courtesy of an equally big prosthetic. The brutal moment in Game of Thrones where Cersei was forced to walk the streets naked was one of the most painful and memorable scenes in a very nudity-packed show, but Lena Headey opted to use a body double.
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By Amanda Mitchell TZ. Back in the day, you had to go out to a video store, look in a private room behind some beaded curtains for a video, drive back home, and then use your VHS player to get nakedness on your television. Or, even worse, you had to call a number and pay over the phone each time you wanted to watch some nudity on screen. But we've come a long way, baby, and now pretty much every channel barring basic cable has their own way for a viewer to get their eyes on some boobs and some butts.
By Mike Jaccarino. Occurrences of full-frontal nudity on prime-time, network television have soared by an incredible 6, per cent in the last year. That figure stands in remarkable contrast to the single instance of full-frontal nudity the year before. In the Buff: This shot from the May 29, episode of Cougar Town contributed to the shocking rise - 6, per cent - in cases of full front nudity on network television during the '12 primetime season.
