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**xrumerang** · 06-02-2007, 05:03 AM

Holy crap! The History channel just said ****! It’s almost 1pm in the afternoon, its cable, and they said ****. What’s the deal with this? How come some shows / channels can get past the FCC and others get raped if they do something like this? Do you think Family Guy on a Sunday NIGHT could get away with saying ****? Why can the history channel say it on a weekend in the middle of the day when those oh so precious children might be watching?

I remember hearing that the censors at Fox didn’t even like BLEEPING something on Family Guy! Bleeping! What the Christ!

(The show was Band of Brother on the History Channel in America on basic cable. Don’t turn this into a debate about if it should be censored or not, just tell me why the crap one show can get away with it in the middle of the day and another can’t?)

**juptVatoSoito** · 06-02-2007, 05:20 AM

dunno. Last night at ~9-10 I was watching a standup comedy and they bleeped out the word ass. No idea...

**maonnjtip** · 06-02-2007, 05:24 AM

What did they actually say and in what context?

**xrumerang** · 06-02-2007, 05:29 AM

What did they actually say and in what context?

"****"

I don’t fully remember just what context but one guy was getting pissed off and yelling at the company and that’s when he used it.

**DzjwMKo5** · 06-02-2007, 05:31 AM

No different then saving private ryan on the history channel. Hmm I thought family guy was on public TV unlike history channel?

**maonnjtip** · 06-02-2007, 05:33 AM

"****"

I don’t fully remember just what context but one guy was getting pissed off and yelling at the company and that’s when he used it.

Ok, I just don't watch the history channel much. I thought it might be an interview or something and the word got through.

**xrumerang** · 06-02-2007, 05:44 AM

No different then saving private ryan on the history channel. Hmm I thought family guy was on public TV unlike history channel?

It's broadcast TV yes, but I didn't think basic cable channels could get away with that either.

**TimoDassss** · 06-02-2007, 05:51 AM

its because band of brothers is an educational type thingy. its the same reason they showed shindlers list on fox years ago un censored...

something like the OC can not have cussing in it, it would be totally pointless on that show. sorry ;(
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**NickGrass** · 06-02-2007, 06:01 AM

Actually, the FCC doesn't regulate Cable TV (nor do they regulate satellite radio...that's why Howard Stern is now on Sirius). Why do you think South Park got away with the episode that repeated **** over 100 times? The FCC only regulates public broadcasts (like your local over the air TV stations, local radio stations, etc). Cable TV is a paid subscription service.

However, other factors keep things clean...like advertisers who would refuse to advertise on channels that draw too many complaints, etc etc (this was an issue for the previously mentioned South Park episode...Comedy Central was worried that advertisers would get angry about it and drop them, but none of them did).

**LottiFurmann** · 06-02-2007, 06:30 AM

Dude,that's nothing,you tell me how THIS was on the air.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FBaUIBEEdg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d2jCI9FYtPQ

**NickGrass** · 06-02-2007, 06:39 AM

Dude,that's nothing,you tell me how THIS was on the air.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FBaUIBEEdg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d2jCI9FYtPQ

[rofl]

I love ATHF so much.

**LottiFurmann** · 06-02-2007, 06:51 AM

[rofl]

I love ATHF so much.

That episode almost killed me,or at least almost made me spring my ribs.

**NickGrass** · 07-01-2007, 07:02 AM

That episode almost killed me,or at least almost made me spring my ribs.

I need to set my DVR to record ATHF automatically...I always forget to watch it, and I'm missing all of the most recent episodes.[no]

**Fegemiembendy** · 07-01-2007, 07:53 AM

Dude,that's nothing,you tell me how THIS was on the air.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FBaUIBEEdg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d2jCI9FYtPQ

LOL!
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**AnIInWon** · 07-01-2007, 08:54 AM

I think that it's quiet amusing that you can't swear on American TV and always laugh when I am watching MTV and half of the song "Stan" by Eminem is not bleeped but silenced out, whats the point of censoring out half the song and parts of the song that don't even have swear words? Herein Australia IIRC you can swear as much as you like as long as its after a certain time, I think it's 9.

**phenterminediett** · 07-01-2007, 09:07 AM

Dude,that's nothing,you tell me how THIS was on the air.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FBaUIBEEdg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d2jCI9FYtPQ

Are you telling me that I don't know dick?

lol... it was rated TV-MA though.

**Mambattedge** · 07-01-2007, 11:13 AM

That episode almost killed me,or at least almost made me spring my ribs.

Yeah - caught that episode just recently. Very funny stuff. All the censoring they did was just great too.

**LottiFurmann** · 07-01-2007, 11:36 AM

Yeah - caught that episode just recently. Very funny stuff. All the censoring they did was just great too.

Censoring? What do you mean?

**phenterminediett** · 07-01-2007, 12:34 PM

Censoring? What do you mean?

the uh... dicks.

**LottiFurmann** · 07-01-2007, 01:47 PM

you mean the rainbow coloring? What about mr.wong or whatever?

If you mean they censored the word when you watched then you got ripped off because when I saw it they didn't cesor what they were saying or anything.

06-02-2007, 05:03 AM	#1
xrumerang Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	Holy crap, the History channel just said... Holy crap! The History channel just said **! It’s almost 1pm in the afternoon, its cable, and they said . What’s the deal with this? How come some shows / channels can get past the FCC and others get raped if they do something like this? Do you think Family Guy on a Sunday NIGHT could get away with saying **? Why can the history channel say it on a weekend in the middle of the day when those oh so precious children might be watching? I remember hearing that the censors at Fox didn’t even like BLEEPING something on Family Guy! Bleeping! What the Christ! (The show was Band of Brother on the History Channel in America on basic cable. Don’t turn this into a debate about if it should be censored or not, just tell me why the crap one show can get away with it in the middle of the day and another can’t?) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-02-2007, 05:20 AM	#2
juptVatoSoito Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 568 Senior Member	dunno. Last night at ~9-10 I was watching a standup comedy and they bleeped out the word ass. No idea... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-02-2007, 05:24 AM	#3
maonnjtip Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 449 Senior Member	What did they actually say and in what context? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-02-2007, 05:29 AM	#4
xrumerang Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	What did they actually say and in what context? "****" I don’t fully remember just what context but one guy was getting pissed off and yelling at the company and that’s when he used it. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-02-2007, 05:31 AM	#5
DzjwMKo5 Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 547 Senior Member	No different then saving private ryan on the history channel. Hmm I thought family guy was on public TV unlike history channel? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-02-2007, 05:33 AM	#6
maonnjtip Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 449 Senior Member	"****" I don’t fully remember just what context but one guy was getting pissed off and yelling at the company and that’s when he used it. Ok, I just don't watch the history channel much. I thought it might be an interview or something and the word got through. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-02-2007, 05:44 AM	#7
xrumerang Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	No different then saving private ryan on the history channel. Hmm I thought family guy was on public TV unlike history channel? It's broadcast TV yes, but I didn't think basic cable channels could get away with that either. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-02-2007, 05:51 AM	#8
TimoDassss Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	its because band of brothers is an educational type thingy. its the same reason they showed shindlers list on fox years ago un censored... something like the OC can not have cussing in it, it would be totally pointless on that show. sorry ;( ________ aromed vaporizers Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-02-2007, 06:01 AM	#9
NickGrass Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 585 Senior Member	Actually, the FCC doesn't regulate Cable TV (nor do they regulate satellite radio...that's why Howard Stern is now on Sirius). Why do you think South Park got away with the episode that repeated **** over 100 times? The FCC only regulates public broadcasts (like your local over the air TV stations, local radio stations, etc). Cable TV is a paid subscription service. However, other factors keep things clean...like advertisers who would refuse to advertise on channels that draw too many complaints, etc etc (this was an issue for the previously mentioned South Park episode...Comedy Central was worried that advertisers would get angry about it and drop them, but none of them did). Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-02-2007, 06:30 AM	#10
LottiFurmann Join Date Jan 2008 Posts 4,494 Senior Member	Dude,that's nothing,you tell me how THIS was on the air. http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FBaUIBEEdg http://youtube.com/watch?v=d2jCI9FYtPQ Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-02-2007, 06:39 AM	#11
NickGrass Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 585 Senior Member	Dude,that's nothing,you tell me how THIS was on the air. http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FBaUIBEEdg http://youtube.com/watch?v=d2jCI9FYtPQ [rofl] I love ATHF so much. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-02-2007, 06:51 AM	#12
LottiFurmann Join Date Jan 2008 Posts 4,494 Senior Member	[rofl] I love ATHF so much. That episode almost killed me,or at least almost made me spring my ribs. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-01-2007, 07:02 AM	#13
NickGrass Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 585 Senior Member	That episode almost killed me,or at least almost made me spring my ribs. I need to set my DVR to record ATHF automatically...I always forget to watch it, and I'm missing all of the most recent episodes.[no] Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-01-2007, 07:53 AM	#14
Fegemiembendy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 395 Senior Member	Dude,that's nothing,you tell me how THIS was on the air. http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FBaUIBEEdg http://youtube.com/watch?v=d2jCI9FYtPQ LOL! Good Stuff! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-01-2007, 08:54 AM	#15
AnIInWon Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 556 Senior Member	I think that it's quiet amusing that you can't swear on American TV and always laugh when I am watching MTV and half of the song "Stan" by Eminem is not bleeped but silenced out, whats the point of censoring out half the song and parts of the song that don't even have swear words? Herein Australia IIRC you can swear as much as you like as long as its after a certain time, I think it's 9. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-01-2007, 09:07 AM	#16
phenterminediett Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 500 Senior Member	Dude,that's nothing,you tell me how THIS was on the air. http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FBaUIBEEdg http://youtube.com/watch?v=d2jCI9FYtPQ Are you telling me that I don't know dick? lol... it was rated TV-MA though. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-01-2007, 11:13 AM	#17
Mambattedge Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 460 Senior Member	That episode almost killed me,or at least almost made me spring my ribs. Yeah - caught that episode just recently. Very funny stuff. All the censoring they did was just great too. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-01-2007, 11:36 AM	#18
LottiFurmann Join Date Jan 2008 Posts 4,494 Senior Member	Yeah - caught that episode just recently. Very funny stuff. All the censoring they did was just great too. Censoring? What do you mean? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-01-2007, 12:34 PM	#19
phenterminediett Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 500 Senior Member	Censoring? What do you mean? the uh... dicks. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-01-2007, 01:47 PM	#20
LottiFurmann Join Date Jan 2008 Posts 4,494 Senior Member	you mean the rainbow coloring? What about mr.wong or whatever? If you mean they censored the word when you watched then you got ripped off because when I saw it they didn't cesor what they were saying or anything. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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