These are people who identify, in many cases, as white and Christian. Many of them said they were worried about kids hearing bad words. A few made the point of telling the FCC they weren't prudes as a way to justify or at least contextualize their overall complaints. Several were explicit about how they were "extremely offended." The words "smut" and "garbage" came up more than once. The states where the most complaints originated were Texas, California, New York, Michigan, and Colorado. (Though it's impossible to tell from redacted government documents whether the same individual from these states complained over time, it makes sense that more complaints would emerge from more populous states like New York and California.)

Among the objectionable material are references to masturbation and to human trafficking ("no laughing matter," someone said). One person complained generally about Miley Cyrus. Lady Gaga, too. And plenty of people were concerned with profanity. Most of the words that people found objectionable were Carlinesque. Others were more surprising.

"[I saw a] commercial for Saturday Night Live in which Will Ferrel uses the word 'damn,'" one person wrote. "I realize that word isn't censored typically on TV, but isn't there a rule against targeting young audiences to encourage them to watch shows geared toward adults?" (The commercial had aired in the morning, this person said, when their 7-year-old son was watching cartoons.)

Several people wrote in to complain about the song "Dick in a Box" (originally aired in 2006), and more than one expressed general distrust of Justin Timberlake for singing it. "It began with a profane attempt at humour referencing 'dick in a box,'" someone from Florida wrote.

It was the Christmas show suggesting that men should give women their penis in a box as a present. I was offended, let alone thinking that younger children would have the opportunity to see the program.

It was not funny and it was beyond vulgar. The segment even includes Justin Timberlake whom was involved in the Janet Jackson superbowl stunt.

Another viewer complained that an entire show—hosted by Jimmy Fallon with Timberlake as a musical guest—was intolerable. "Last night's airing of Saturday Night Live ... was the most filthy, obscene and objectionable program I believe I have ever seen in my life. For a 69-year-old, who has seen a lot on broadcast and cable TV, that is saying a lot ... Overtly smutty skits and songs ... I found it necessary after a very short while to tune out and switch to PBS, where our still civilized British cousins provide decent and enjoyable programming."

Apparently, the only thing more objectionable—or at least the only sketch that drew more complaints than Timberlake's crooning—was a fake movie trailer for "DJesus Uncrossed" from December 2013 that parodied the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained. The trailer features a vengeful Jesus going on a murdering spree, and the FCC received about two dozen complaints about it from all over the country. "It was a bad night in television," one person wrote. "Even the twenty-somethings I was with were shocked."