Family Guy

Controversy

Being a largely adult-oriented program, Family Guy has become a lightning rod of controversy for its brusque approach to comedy, which deals with politically sensitive topics without enormous concern for the boundaries of good taste—often considered one of the primary reasons for its initial cancellation. Many episodes were trimmed for controversial content, and one episode, "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein," was initially refused airtime on FOX because its plotline—where Peter attempts to convert Chris to Judaism in hopes of making his son financially successful—was deemed inappropriate under accusations of anti-Semitism. (The episode later aired on Cartoon Network. An edited version eventually aired on FOX, with some content, such as a reference to Deicide, removed.) Other subjects that have been called to attention are the series' controversial jokes about the disabled, racism, abortion, neo-Nazism, conservative bias, alcoholism, terrorism, AIDS

Related Topics:
Judaism - Anti-Semitism - Cartoon Network - FOX - Deicide - Disabled - Racism - Abortion - Neo-Nazism - Conservative bias - Alcoholism - Terrorism - AIDS

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and sexuality.

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When reruns of Family Guy episodes began to air, controversial episodes were often restricted to broadcast times after 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time, in order to avoid more family friendly prime time slots; FOX Network executives feared that viewer complaints to the Federal Communications Commission could have prompted an investigation and a "Notice of Apparent Liability." All new episodes on FOX are preceded by a title card stating that "viewer discretion is advised"; while the show currently rates a "TV-14" by TV Parental Guidelines (recent exception: "Peter's Got Woods" was rated TV-PG DL), there has been some speculation that it may be raised to "TV-MA."

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Prime time - Federal Communications Commission - TV Parental Guidelines

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Other stations that have aired the series have also dealt with concerns of controversy. While reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block are generally unaffected because of its late time slot (from 11:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Eastern/Pacific), TBS (TV network) removed afternoon airings of the series, necessitating that a new block of adult-oriented programming, entitled "Too Funny to Sleep," be created for late-night time slots.

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Due to the controversies within the show many nations (many of them from the third world) have banned Family Guy, those nations known well by many fans are, Armenia, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Iran, Thailand, Belarus, South Africa, Egypt, Philippines, Serbia and Montenegro, Vietnam, Taiwan, People's Republic of China (PRC), Albania, and South Korea.

Related Topics:
Third world - Armenia - Indonesia - Malaysia - India - Iran - Thailand - Belarus - South Africa - Egypt - Philippines - Serbia and Montenegro - Vietnam - Taiwan - People's Republic of China - Albania - South Korea

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