Post-NYPD Blue Broadcast TV Profanity
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — NYPD Blue
brandon-caplan — 10 years ago(March 08, 2016 07:34 PM)
So, has no show allowed the word beep to go uncensored since NYPD Blue left the air? I mean, I will see programs on PBS once in a while that allow it (or even the F-bomb, in at least one Frontline back in 2010 or so), but You, Me and the Apocalypse apparently overdubbed a single use of beep in the first episode with "douchebag." A surprisingly decent edit, but still, why censor it at all? The subtitles didn't censor "goddamnit" when the word was changed to "dang it" at one point, but you can't say that word, God forbid you offend the religious right!
TL;DR: Has ANY network show since NYPD Blue left the air in 2005 gotten away with beep Or any others, in general? -
catt666 — 9 years ago(April 11, 2016 05:44 PM)
ER had the '
S
' word in the episode of Dr. Mark Green's death.
He says it as he realizes he is about to die, when he has a seizure in his hotel room in Hawaii.
I was shocked, but pleased; made it so much more real.
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LoBo_77018 — 9 years ago(April 12, 2016 09:40 AM)
I have been watching reruns of NYPD Blue on the H and I channel and I use closed captioning. Its funny what they censor in the closed captioning. No curse words are shown, one thing that is funny is when they use the word suspicious its always spelled out suXXXXious.
As far as cursing, it seems like just this past year they've increased the amount of times they can curse in a broadcast TV show. Seems like they throw it in more than usual on TNT and AMC shows. -
fiero-49251 — 9 years ago(April 12, 2016 10:13 AM)
Due to the profanity and nudity, the show wasn't telecast in some markets IIRC! So sad; people can say or do anything, but can't watch it on TV! ;-/
http://www.childrenofrassilon.com/fiero425.html
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nleggett1 — 9 years ago(July 10, 2016 06:39 PM)
US networks and syndication editting of tv shows is hilariously hypocritical. You cannot hear characters of NYPD Blue swear. But you can watch a couple of trailer trash women rolling around on the floor in their underwear fighting over a hick guy with no teeth from the backwoods at 3pm in the afternoon, when kids can easily watch. Jerry springer is ok but NYPD Blue is not.
The logic ruins good television. -
brandon-caplan — 9 years ago(April 12, 2016 04:22 PM)
Is the audio censored, or just the captioning? I've been watching
Those Who Can't
on TruTV, and many episodes literally read "[beep]" in the captioning in place of (uncensored) moderately-strong language (including sexually suggestive stuff and mild blasphemy). I think this is because, while the original airings and subsequent evening and late-night showings are TV-MA, the daytime versions are TV-14, and edited as such (sort of like what Comedy Central used to do to
South Park
before they just said "screw it" and began running the TV-MA versions during the afternoon).
And yeah, I've noticed basic cable shows have allowed more profanity, too. Broadcast, though, is still milder (except, at times, PBS). -
Observer_2020 — 9 years ago(September 02, 2016 08:06 PM)
Sh!t and bullsh**t seem to be acceptable these days. They are used fairly frequently on scripted basic cable shows now, at least the ones I've seen. I think the idea is that those words do not describe sexual acts or functions the way that the F-word does.
Whatever the reasoning, those words must have been found to be acceptable because they are used very often now. -
brandon-caplan — 9 years ago(September 02, 2016 10:22 PM)
Cable networks are not bound by FCC guidelines - they can air uncensored nudity, sex, and profanity at any time of day (although this rarely happens outside of premium channels and a few basic cable channels like IFC and TCM). FX allowed the F-word to go uncensored during several episodes of The People vs. O.J. Simpson, though (there was even an article in The Washington Post about it). Comedy Central also airs stuff with uncensored language during late night hours (nudity is still generally censored, though), and BBC America has done the same for at least one show (trying to remember which one). TCM regularly airs all sorts of movies with all sorts of profanity and nudity uncut (Risky Business, Sixteen Candles, and Fame once ran in a block beginning around 8:00 at night). IFC interrupts its movies for commercials, but doesn't edit them for content (they tried that once, but got so much backlash that they abandoned it; they used to be just like TCM, uncut and commercial free).
Broadcast networks cannot air the same sort of content at all hours - if they do so between 6:00 am and 10:00 pm, they risk FCC fines (unless the show has educational or artistic value - a news program or documentary, for instance, or airings of movies like Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan). NYPD Blue aired at 10:00 pm, but because of the time zone differences, it aired at 9:00 pm Central (or Mountain - not sure), meaning it was subject to FCC fines. There were court cases and everything.