NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lingerie company Victoria\'s Secret, owned by Limited Brands, has canceled its televised runway fashion shows as regulators crack down on what they see as indecency, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday. The decision not to go forward with the yearly televised program was made after one of Janet Jackson\'s breast\'s was exposed during the Super Bowl half-time show, Ed Razek, chief marketing officer for Limited, told the Journal.
The incident caused public outcry.
Viacom Inc.\'s CBS network has carried the fashion show for the last two years.
While the show garnered a lot of media attention, it did not score big ratings and failed to bring in much extra holiday traffic to Victoria\'s Secret stores, the Journal said.
A Limited representative was not immediately available to comment.
Dear CBS and Clearchannel,
I am a responsible parent of six kids. I like to drink a box of wine and fall asleep on the couch in the afternoon after work. While I\'m asleep, I can\'t monitor what my kids watch on the babysitter... er... television. When you play shows that contain exposed breasts and beautiful fit women in scant clothing, my children are going to see it and no doubt get the wrong ideas. I am shocked and appauled that you would allow such a corruption of my children.
My husband was watching the superbowl and I was there nursing my youngest and having a smoke and enjoying my usual box of wine. Then the halftime show came on and that Justin Timberlake boy exposed Janet Jackson\'s breast. My baby saw it and spit up on my chest. My two oldest boys also saw it and although they didn\'t say anything and acted as if they didn\'t notice, I\'m certain they were traumatized so I now have to send them to therapy and double up on their church visits. I made my husband change the channel to COPS, but the damage was already done.
Since that is one of the few times I\'ve ever been around my kids and conscious long enough to monitor what they see on TV, I can only imagine the filth they see on a regular basis when I leave them alone with the tv. You should be ashamed of yourselves. You should take responsibility and only put on programs like COPS or The Bachelor or Who Wants to be a Millionare or American Idol or Survivor... quality programming like that. Children don\'t want to see breasts and I certainly don\'t want them to see any until they are married.
Sincerely,
Estelle Guthrye
Utah
Originally posted by davepeck
i\'m just glad that there are people out there that can decide what is good for me to watch. i am only 24 and am completely unable to decide this for myself.