During a Norwegian talk show early one morning in July 2003, three TVNorge hosts shocked viewers by inviting them (as "a bit of fun") to vote in a curious poll: Should Anja perform oral sex on her male colleague Adam on live television?

"I am not particularly proud of this and neither should the staff be," producer Einar Rehnebik declared. "They have broken all rules." According to Rehnebik, three hosts jointly made the decision to launch the vote. Among their other responsibilities? Censoring rude text messages before they were aired...

["Internal rules were not followed and it is obvious that certain members of staff are not capable of handling the responsibility they have been given," Rehnebik added. "I regard this as a personnel matter." The station received more than 1,000 responses.]