Spartans Smack John Rambo

The spoof Meet the Spartans edged the return of Sylvester Stallone’s aggrieved vet in the singularly named Rambo for the top spot at the weekend box office, per studio estimates compiled Sunday by Exhibitor Relations.

Meet the Spartans grossed $18.7 million; Rambo, $18.2 million.

“I think people want to laugh, and we appeal to young people and they came out,” Fox exec Bert Livingston said Sunday by way of explaining Meet the Spartans’ win.

FCC levies $1.4M fine over nudity in NYPD Blue

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has ordered a group of ABC Television stations to pay a $1.4-million US fine over an episode of NYPD Blue that showed nudity.

In a notice filed Friday, the FCC said it would fine 52 ABC affiliate stations in the Central and Mountain time zones for airing the episode.

The agency said it had numerous complaints over a 2003 show in which a boy surprises a woman as she prepares to take a shower.