MTV was the producer of the halftime show.[1] 143.6 million people watched the halftime show when it first happened.[2] The incident with Jackson and Timberlake made CBS and MTV remove Jackson's songs from its radio and television channels.[3] The Federal Communications Commission gave CBS a fine of US$27,500 for the incident. The fine was made bigger for US$325,000 and then even bigger, for US$550,000.[4] The Third Circuit Court of Appeals removed the fine in 2011.[5] The FCC tried to put another fine on CBS in 2012, but it was rejected.[6]
The incident made Janet Jackson the most searched words ever on the Internet.[7] It also became the most watched event on TiVo[8] and made 35,000 people become new subscribers to TiVo.[9] The term "wardrobe malfunction" (meaning an error related to clothing) was made because of the incident.[10] It was later added to Webster's Dictionary.[11]