He was drop-kicked from public-access cable television here in 1998 but T. J. Williamson - once busted during a show for failing to register as a sex offender - is back and flashing his unique brand of, er, television exposure. And what did he do on his May 13 debut? He merely performed a sex act with his girlfriend and showed clips from adult films. nrnSeattle's public access porn king and another sexually-explicit public access programmer were dumped by TCI Cable in 1998 following complaints - but AT&T now owns TCI and, with the American Civil Liberties Union, settled to let Williamson back on the air last week. nrnWilliamson came back uncensored, but TCI will organize a board to oversee cable content, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. nrnWilliamson and Mike Aivaz became notorious among city officials in 1998 when their sexually explicit shows made the poobahs nervous. After viewer complaints, TCI asked Seattle to decide whether to yank their shows, but the city sent the question right back where it came from - and TCI suspended both. nrnBut they then let Williamson back under a deal that had him agree not to show "any depiction of sex acts, actual or simulated." Aivaz refused the offer, prompting TCI to sue in federal court. That led to a judge's questioning whether TCI had thus violated due process and Aivaz, with the ACLU on his side, appealed the suspension. nrnThey settled March 23, with Williamson coming back without the shackles of his old deal. Aivaz, however, isn't back and his plans are uncertain, said the Post-Intelligencer. nrnAT&T, though, edgy about Williamson and short of finalizing the new board, is said to be mulling whether to press Seattle to create a non-profit agency to oversee public access television.
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