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Originally Posted by Igster
AMC has the same ability as HBO because they are a "cable" network, but they choose to not show nudity or allow extremely coarse language. Although, Breaking Bad was allowed one f bomb per season.
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It's the advertising. HBO doesn't have commercials, so they don't have to worry about scaring away advertisers with bad language or nudity.
The ad-supported networks keep slowly pushing the line further and further. FX is basically at a point where the "F" word and full frontal nudity are the only lines they haven't crossed (yet). Sons of Anarchy and The Americans have both had sex scenes that were otherwise so graphic that it's almost silly that they made them without showing a single female nipple.