Are Ads for TV Show "Nikita" Too Racy to Display in Shopping Malls?

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Major malls across the country—in Chicago, New York, and even Los Angeles' The Grove—have rejected ad images for television show "Nikita," which portray actor Maggie Q posing in leather, holding a variety of weapons. According to Contact Music, the ads were rejected because malls were afraid of offending their customers: "Some outlets have now erected a replacement ad featuring the actress in a long red dress and brandishing a machine gun. But even that has upset some community members—those Nikita replacement ads have been pulled from billboards located near schools and churches in the Los Angeles area."
· Maggie Q's racy Nikita billboards upset mall bosses [Contact Music]