They eventually fined CBS a record $550,000 for the incident, but that fine was ultimately voided by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in 2011, and a case to reinstate the fine was refused in 2012.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined CBS for an indecency violation of $27,500 and increased it to $325,000. In addition, CBS parent company Viacom and its co-owned subsidiaries, MTV and Infinity Broadcasting, enforced a blacklist of Jackson's singles and music videos on many radio formats and music channels worldwide. Following the incident, the National Football League (NFL) excluded MTV, which had also produced the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXV, from future halftime shows. The exposure was broadcast to a total audience of 150 million viewers. The halftime show was produced by MTV and was focused on the network's Choose or Lose campaign (the year 2004 was a presidential election year in the United States). The incident, sometimes referred to as Nipplegate or Janetgate, led to an immediate crackdown and widespread discourse on perceived indecency in broadcasting. The Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004, from Houston, Texas, on the CBS television network, is notable for a moment in which Janet Jackson's breast-adorned with a nipple shield-was exposed by Justin Timberlake to the viewing public. Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake immediately after Timberlake tore off part of Jackson's clothes at the end of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. 2004 controversy over indecent exposure on television
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