Forget the Butterfly Effect. Sure, an insect flapping its wings in Iowa might cause a monsoon in Thailand if you analyze it enough, but that's nothing compared to the Nipple Effect. One average-sized mammary, bedecked in one tiny sun, shown for one second on television can wreak havoc around the country. The repercussions of the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake Super Bowl fiasco are only beginning to be felt.

Miss Jackson herself, after a variety of partial and full apologies, is expected to bail on a planned appearance at the Grammy Awards, which air this Sunday (Feb. 8) on CBS.

Meanwhile, the now-stained Tiffany Network has already promised that there won't be a repeat of the Super Bowl indecency at the Grammys. The network will air the show with a slight audio and visual delay, long enough to censor anything that could tempt FCC Chairman Michael Powell's punitive nature.

Those delays will also spread over to ABC's upcoming coverage of the Academy Awards. While the network promises that nothing will be censored for editorial or political content, a pause of several seconds could prevent the airing of unexpected dirty bits.

The controversy has spread through the *N Sync family, as J.C. Chasez's halftime performance at football's Pro Bowl has been canceled. The NFL stepped in to prevent Chasez's rendition of "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)," pulling the entire halftime line-up and replacing it with a Hawaiian-themed tribute to the Pro Bowl's island home.

A proposed MTV reality series set at an Orange County high school has fallen victim to the network's participation in the halftime fiasco. Last week, the Laguna Beach Unified School District signed off on allowing MTV to film a reality series at a local high school, but following the Super Bowl, the outrage from parents has been too great and the school board has reneged.

As was reported earlier, in Tennessee, a complaint was filed against CBS, MTV, Viacom, Jackson and Timberlake as a prelude to what could be class action suit with 80 million plaintiffs.

Throw in the Veterans of the Foreign Wars railing against Kid Rock's American flag poncho and "ER" removing a fleeting glimpse of exposed 80-year-old breast to avoid FCC ire and you've only begun to see the impact of the Nipple Effect.