"Saving Private Ryan" was a huge hit on the big screen, but it ran into some obstacles on the small one.
Sixty-six A-B-C network affiliates decided not to air the movie last night due to concerns about its violence and language content. Those stations cover about one-third of the country.
It was the third time the film has been shown on A-B-C.
An F-C-C spokeswoman says the agency did get complaints about the broadcast, but it's too early to know whether an investigation will be opened.
The stations were made nervous by the F-C-C's decision to fine C-B-S a record 550-thousand dollars for showing a brief flash of Janet Jackson's breast during the Super Bowl halftime show.
Jack Valenti, the former head of the Motion Pictures Association of America, tells C-N-N he can't imagine the F-C-C fining stations for showing the Oscar-winning movie.
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