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The first of the programs pulled by the networks in the immediate aftermath of the tragic Friday school shooting in Connecticut has been rescheduled. The original Family Guy episode, which was slated to run last Sunday, will air this coming Sunday. Last Friday, Fox opted to preempt both Family Guy and American Dad. While I hear the American Dad episode does feature gun violence, I hear the holiday-themed edition of Family Guy does not contain violence but, in a typical Family Guy non-PC fashion, pokes fun at religion, which was deemed inappropriate for last weekend. There is no new airdate set yet for the pulled American Dad episode. Another American Dad original will air this Sunday. Last Friday’s episode of Syfy’s drama Haven, which also was pulled out of respect to the victims because it depicted violence, has been held back too, and I hear won’t air until mid-January.
The networks’ pre-emptions this past weekend also included ABC taking down briefly the Thursday winter finale of Scandal from its online player. It contained a scene of an innocent family with two small children who had been gunned down. The episode has since been restored.
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This is bullshit.
I agree.
It is ridiculous. So sick of the networks pandering to the ultra conservative minority.
Mid-January for the airing of that episode is a great call. Since it and the following episode, which is still theoretically scheduled to air this Friday, are the last two episodes of the season anyway, it seems to me that they should air together as a 2-hour season finale.
In other words, temporary artificial hypocritical shallow meaningless phony PR-inspired pre-emptions that accomplish nothing beyond making the networks feel better about how they are perceived by the viewing public. A completely transparent fake attempt to be thoughtful and sensitive. If they were sincere about this they’d never air these episodes if they are that offensive just pushing them back one week won’t make any difference. The same should be said for the movie studios that cancelled premieres of movies that have violent content. This is all much ado about something serious but the solution eludes everyone because it could hurt their profit margin.
This is like the M. Bison of all internet comments.
Well spoken, sir. Well spolen.
Boom!
What I find ridiculous about pulling these shows after real life events is that these 3 or 4 shows are a drop in the bucket. Family Guy and American Dad air on Sunday. Well, Showtime aired Dexter and Homeland Sunday. I haven’t watched them yet but I’m sure both episodes featured plenty of blood, guts and guns. Yet I bet not a single complaint was raised by anyone. There’s still round the clock reruns of every Law and Order, Criminal Minds and CSI. Nobody cares because the vast majority of us are rational human begins who know the difference between TV and real life and we’re not going to freak out because Family Guy makes a religious joke a few days after a murder.
First of all, I think most human beings(myself included) would say what happened in Newton,CT was absolutely horrible. Having said that, I think the episodes which were pulled definitely need to air. Most rational & sane people realize that what happened was because the shooter had some type of internal emotional,mental,or,other problem which already existed. I can watch a tv show & enjoy it,but, I know the difference between real-life & what I see on a tv program. There was a pre-existing problem with this guy which caused him to do this. Not every tv show can be removed because someone (with some type of emotional/mental problem) flips out. I will also add that I cannot possibly imagine what those parents are going through. I just think the blame should be placed on the shooter who actually committed this atrocity upon innocent children,but,not on any tv show. Some of the blame should also be placed on our lousy gun laws,or,lack thereof.
Yes it’s true all your most dangerous psychopaths obviously get all their ideas on how and who to kill from watching TV. Apparently this is what the networks believe.
SyFy is airing all of this season of Haven in marathon form beginning at 7:00 a.m. central and my DVR says that the pulled episode (“Reunion”) is airing at 6:00 – 7:00p.m. central. Just FYI.
That’s incorrect. They will be showing Eureka instead. The fundies have decided that the best way to process this tragedy is by depriving the rest of the viewers of watching this episode of Haven. You see, there is a direct connection between not airing this episode of Haven and preventing violence in our schools. If you do not agree prepare yourself to be called a heartless monster that should rot in hell.
I have a feeling that the marathon will either be canceled or they will leave the episode out. I was on the TVline website and made some of the same comments that is being said here and some people felt the need to insult my compassion for what happened to victims in this brutal crime.I surfed the channels since and I see that other networks as mentioned earlier kept there regular programs like all the Law & Order shows as well as the Dexter season finale which did contain shooting.I have lost someone I love to violence. During that dark time, if I turned on the tv to watch something,I knew I had the power to change the channel or turn the tv off, if it hit to close to home.
I am sorry but this is unacceptable. I understood why they pulled out Haven last Friday but there is no reason not to air the episode this week. This episode is part of the season finale and many of us have been waiting for it. Haven is a serialized show, it is not like you can just pull out an episode, least of all the first part of the finale. While I think what happened was horrible I do not see how postponing the show until January will help with anything. The show had nothing to do with what happened. Th loyal fans should have a choice over watching this episode.
Where was sensitivity from the networks when there is constant violence, murder, and fear in and around schools that just so happen to be in areas like Crenshaw and Compton or Oakland and Pompano Beach? Where is the sensitivity from networks when they constantly promote violence in all their programming. I guess it’s okay when it’s a Vampire killing since it isn’t real. Maybe it’s okay to put on programming like Wrestling, telling kids that beating up each other is cool.
While I cry and pray for the victims and their families that have to deal with this senseless violence, I don’t praise the networks and media for picking and choosing when to cash in on a news story.
Knee-jerk reaction trumps common sense again!
This is RIDICULOUS. I have been a fan of Haven from the first season and I am really disappointed at SyFy for doing this. I keep reading the same ignorant comments about this being the right call and those of us who want to watch being insensitive but Haven had nothing to do with what happened and the fans should not be punished. You want to do something about violence in schools? There are campaign contributions, political activism and the ballot box. If you feel like you do not want to watch Haven because you are unable to separate fiction from reality then do us all a favor and just turn off your TV or switch the channel.
I partially agree. However, if the pulled episodes are so bad, they shouldn’t be aired at all.
I agree with the Morgan Freeman commentary, in that the media is partly to blame for incidents like what happened in Newtown. There is more sensationalism concerning the killers and not enough on the victims. Individuals wanting to take their own lives want to do it in a way to where they get their ’15 minutes’ of fame when they die.
Referencing the Columbine shooting, a lot of people remember the shootings, but very few remember who the victims were or what they were like. The media can be thanked for this.
Additionally, what airs on television adds to the emotional and mental states of individuals who are ‘teetering on the brink’ and looking for ways to end things via uncommon means. If the media would not provide the ideas for such acts, perhaps these individuals would be content with only taking their own lives and leave the innocent alone.
er, That Morgan Freeman turned out to be fake.
I hope American Dad gets reschuled for sometime next month or February.
The American Dad episode “Rapture’s Delight” aired normally on Adult Swim last night, and that episode featured Stan gunning down a child! He mistook the child for the Antichrist in that case.
I doubt the pulled episode did anything worse than that.
Pulling out weapons instead of tv-shows would be more logical.