Date Aired Family Guy Episodes Season 1 31 January 1999 Season 1, Episode 1 Death has a Shadow 11 April 1999. Previously Banned TV Episodes You Can Stream Right Now. While there are any number of reasons why a specific episode of a television series might be pulled from the airwaves or from reruns some of them innocuous, poor timing tends to be one of the biggest culprits. But as time passes, tempers simmer down and once forbidden entertainment can make its way back into the mainstream. Or, more specifically, the main stream. Thanks to streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, history makingand controversy causingtelevision is just a click away. Were these 2. 6 previously banned television episodes deserving of the backlash they receivedNow you can judge for yourself. HANNBIAL, OEUFThe fourth episode in Hannibals debut season also called Ceuf because of a misspelling was originally scheduled to air on April 2. Boston Marathon bombings and just a few months removed from the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Is and in to a was not you i of it the be he his but for are this that by on at they with which she or from had we will have an what been one if would who has her. Family Guy is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting. In Partial Terms of Endearment, Lois agrees to be a. Television Programs and Commercials Videotapes in the Media Resources Center UC Berkeley. In my conversation with Bonnie, she talked about her Mendes years. JazzWax What was your role on Stevie Wonders Bird of Beauty Bonnie Bowden A few months. Shes an Inhuman, which means that shes entirely human until exposure to Terrigen Mists. Ascended Fanboy Shes always Squeeing. While it was NBC that announced the decision to skip over the episode, in which former SNL star Molly Shannon plays a woman who brainwashes children into murdering other children, it was series creator Bryan Fuller who suggested pulling it. I didnt want to have anyone come to the show and have a negative experience, Fuller explained to Variety. It was the associations that came with the subject matter that I felt would inhibit the enjoyment of the overall episode. Family_Guy-box-set-1_5-l.jpg' alt='Family Guy Partial Terms Of Endearment Full Episode' title='Family Guy Partial Terms Of Endearment Full Episode' />Both i. Tunes and Amazon posted the episode in its entirety shortly thereafter. FAMILY GUY, TURBAN COWBOYThe Boston Marathon bombing was also at the center of the issue surrounding this eleventh season episode of Seth Mac. Farlanes animated hit. The problematic scene was a cutaway in which Peter Griffin is recollecting the year he won the Boston Marathonby driving over the runners with his car. But this controversy was a retroactive one, as the episode had run on March 1. It didnt take long for edited clips of the episode to pop up all over the Web, with the story that Family Guy had predicted the tragedy. Mac. Farlane took to Twitter in response, where he stated that,. The event was a crime and a tragedy, and my thoughts are with the victims. Still, the network was sensitive enough to the coincidence that they pulled the episode from Fox. Hulu and assured audiences that they had no immediate plans to rebroadcast it. However, it remains intact on Netflix. FAMILY GUY, PARTIAL TERMS OF ENDEARMENTYou. TubeTurban Cowboy was hardly Family Guys first brush with controversy, nor is it likely to be its last. Watch Tuf 16 Episode 9 Online. In Partial Terms of Endearment, Lois agrees to be a surrogate for a couple who are then killed in a car accident, leading Lois and Peter to discuss whether or not she should terminate the pregnancy. The episode was intended to be the series eighth season finale, and was broadcast in the U. K. Ever. In an interview with The New York Times, Mac. The Unfair Sex trope as used in popular culture. A special kind of Double Standard that completely screws around with a shows internal logic. All episodes Expanded View List View Upcoming Episodes Recent Episodes. This is the condensed Family Guy Wiki Episode Guide. For a more detailed list with. Farlane explained that Weve found in the last couple years that by taking serious stories that could be movies of the week on Lifetime or Oxygen, and doing a Zucker brothers Airplane To us, its in the realm of what in the 1. Maude. Times really have changed, and I think the network is making a decision that is, unfortunately, probably correctly based on peoples current ability to handle and dissect controversial narratives. So that is fodder for political and social satire. Theres nothing about that issue that should be any different than doing an episode about gay marriage, or an episode about the oil spill. In September of 2. DVD and can be viewed on Amazonfor 9. MAUDE, MAUDES DILEMMA PART 1. The fact that it was 1. Roe vs. And while the episodes werent banned outright, more than 3. But both episodesparts one and twoare available on Amazon. THE X FILES, HOMEYou. Tube. Throughout its nine seasons, The X Files was never short on creepy storylines or characters. A year later, FX ran an all day marathon of fan favorite episodes, and Home came out on top. You can watch it on Netflix. THE SIMPSONS, THE CITY OF NEW YORK VS. HOMER SIMPSONYou. Tube. In the wake of 91. Homer Simpson, from its rerun rotation. Though the episode aired four years before the tragedy, the fact that so many of its scenes took place at or around the World Trade Center led the network to pull it from the airwaves. Last summers Every. Simpsons. Ever marathon on FXX was one of the few times its been aired uncut ever since. Its also available on Amazon. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, EARSHOTIn the spring of 1. Buffy the Vampire was set to broadcast Earshot, a third season episode that revolved around a school shooting, the tragedy at Columbine High School happened. The network acted quickly to pull the episode it eventually ran in September, just before the start of season four. You can watch it on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. HAVEN, REUNIONJust hours after the attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School, Syfys Haven was scheduled to run an episode entitled Reunion, which revolved around a school shooting. So the network made the quick decision to replace Havenwith an episode of Eureka, a move that engendered unanimous support from viewers. Watch Dbaf Episodes Online. You can see the episode on Netflix and Amazon. ARTHUR, ROOM TO RIDEYou. Tube. The Peabody Award winning animated series Arthur hardly seems like the kind of show that would court controversy. And its definitely not. But that doesnt mean that all of the many big name guests whove made appearances on the series over the years have been able to maintain squeaky clean images. Case in point disgraced former Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong, who visited Elmwood City in 2. Though PBS banned the episode from repeated viewings, you can watch it at Amazon. THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THE ENCOUNTERTwo years before he boarded the Enterprise, George Takei appeared in what turned out to be one of The Twilight Zones most controversial episodes. In The Encounter, Takei plays Arthur Takamori, a gardener who offers his services to his neighbor, a World War II vet. There isnt a whole lot of gardening in the episode, but there is a lot of talkingabout war and, more subtly, Pearl Harbor. Immediately, the episode drew the ire of many Japanese American and Asian American civil liberties and advocacy groups, said Takei. And it has a unique distinction of being the only Twilight Zone. Its never been re aired. Its never enjoyed a re run. And shucks darn, I missed out on my residuals on that one. You can, however, watch it on Netflix. THE BOONDOCKS, THE HUNGER STRIKEBlack Entertainment Television BET has long been a favorite target of The Boondocks creator Aaron Mc. Greek Season 1 Episode 11 Megavideo on this page. Gruderso much so that in 2. BET boycott, which he painted as being destructive to the African American community. Though the episode never aired on Adult Swim and cant be seen on Netflix, it was released on DVD in June of that year. And can be viewed anytime on Amazon. BOY MEETS WORLD, PROM ISES, PROM ISES, IF YOU CANT BE WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE, AND THE TRUTH ABOUT HONESTYYou. Tube. If youre making a show about teenagers, it stands to reason that sex and alcohol are two topics youll likely encounter. But the fact that Boy Meets World did itand then did it again, and againdidnt sit well with the top mice at the Disney Channel. Three episodes in particular were removed from reruns Prom Ises, Prom Ises, in which Corey and Topanga discuss whether they should have sex on prom night The Truth About Honesty, another sex themed episode, and If You Cant Be With the One You Love., where Cory and Shawn get drunk. No other network has seemed to have an issue with showing any of these episodes, nor does Amazon. REN AND STIMPY, MANS BEST FRIENDTruth be told, cartoons have been loaded with violence since way back in the earliest Looney Tunes days. And Ren and Stimpy is one cartoon that certainly never shied away from some pretty extreme violence. But season twos Mans Best Friend seemed to push the limits of what even Ren and Stimpy deemed as standard.