Many ABC affiliates chose not to air it because they hadn't gotten the necessary FCC approval, and would have had to pay enormous fines if they had (six figure numbers). Many affiliates, mostly smaller ones, simply cannot afford that to air one movie.

However, check this. The reason they couldn't garner FCC approval this time is because the time it was aired in 2001 and 2002 was prior to the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" scandal at the '03 Superbowl halftime show. Since then, the FCC has been under and incredible amount of fire for "allowing" things such as this to "happen", and as a result, they've become much much stricter than they used to be (which is pretty ironic, as they've always carried some of the toughest guidelines to manipulate).

So, it's Janet Jackson's fault. :rolleyes2 Not at all the parents who should monitor what their children view.

I honestly hope the members of this forum procreate to a huge extent and change some of the screwed up values of this world.