Yes, we saw it, but now what?

"Did we see what we thought we just saw?" That's what a local football fan said to his buddy during Sunday's Superbowl halftime performance.

Not only did he see what he thought they saw, but his son, surfing the Web, called down that he had confirmation from the Internet by the time the local viewers could discuss it.

Across town, at least one church youth group experienced the same shock. Not exactly the message the sponsors were trying to convey.

If Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake wanted to draw attention to their wavering careers, they were successful. But both have had regrets, whether it's from embarrassing his family, or her being banned from an awards program this weekend.

By Friday, upset television viewers had filed more than 200,000 complaints with the Federal Communications Commission, a record for the FCC, officials said.

"The vast majority express outrage that this occurred during a family program, when many children were in the viewing audience," K. Dane Snowden of the FCC said in a statement.

The Parents Television Council, a non-profit watchdog group, said it also has been receiving complaints at a record pace, more than 24,000 so far.

Both performers have apologized, and CBS and ABC have promised to use tape delays for the Grammy and Academy awards, respectively.

Their action begs the question: Why didn't they use tape delays already? And even more, why should they have to, assuming they were employing mature, professional performers?

The network, even local stations may suffer, whether from consumer action, fines or legal judgments. But, 43 years after his speech, Jackson and Timberlake have done their best to confirm what Newton Minow, FCC chairman, said when he called television a "vast wasteland."