Odd thing is it is my understanding that PBS stations are exempt from the FCC on-air nudity reg's because, presumably, PBS nudity is within an artistic, historic or scientific context. Hell, I remember seeing Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia complete with hundreds of naked bodies on a PBS station way back in 1970. Surely things in Medialand have not gotten so conservative that PBS is willing to ditch a 35-year-old policy to appease a handful of prigs.
But then again, George W. Bush is president, Colin Powell's son is FCC commissioner, and the religious right has the country by the throat...
(I wonder if the actors portraying female slaves in Roots would be allowed to be bare-breasted if that mini-series were made today?)