Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Ohio and Tennessee TV Stations Refuse To Air Osbournes: Reloaded! AND MORE Ban It Too!
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This is ridiculous! The show hasn't even premiered yet!
The head honchos at the Panama City Fox affiliate in Florida, WPGX, will NOT be airing the new Osbournes: Reloaded variety show.
Since when is Panama City, home to some very un-family friendly Spring Break debauchery, wholesome?????
The show was set to premiere tonight at 8:20pm CDT, with the odd timing intended to keep the viewers of American Idol watching the show instead.
But, according to the head of the station, after watching just a six-minute preview of the show, he found the episode to contain profanity and adult content and determined it was unsuitable for the time slot.
David Cavileer, WPGX General Manager, says he would have rather aired the show later in the evening.
So what's going to take the earlier time slot? That will be a wholesome and clean episode of The Simpsons.
A rep for Fox confirmed that any affiliate can pre-empt a program if it doesn't feel it's appropriate for their market.
That's effed up!
Update: A Perezcious reader tells us that at least one station in Georgia is also refusing to air the show!
Update #2: Another Perezcious reader tells us that the local Fox affiliate in Milwaukee, WI, will also not be airing the show.
Update #3: Holy cow! Yet another Perezcious reader tells us that Bill Lanesy, station manager of Cincinnati's "Fox 19" channel this morning was interviewed on a local radio show for Q102 saying that it was not appropriate to air right after the family-oriented "American Idol".
Update #4: Knoxville TN's Fox affiliate, WTNZ, is also refusing to show it as well. Simpsons re-runs instead!
Update #5: Fox 4 in Kansas City, MO is also not airing the Osbournes:Reloaded show!! They announced this morning that they will not be airing it on the 8:30 pm time spot but will instead be showing it at 1 am!!
Update #6: In Utah, Fox 13 pushed back Osbournes: Reloaded to air at 12:05 AM instead of playing right after American Idol. "They explained it on the news saying that the show isn't good to play after the 'family friendly' American Idol, a Perezcious reader tells us.
Re: ShakeYourkitty – Tell me why I'm lame.
Banning seems to be a bitch much. I think we should have the right to decide what we as individuals want to watch. That being siad it was on last night here and it WAS HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sure it wont be on long. It was full of stupid skits with a bunch of cursing that had to be bleeped out. It's sad to see that after all this time that is all that family feels they have to offer.
The Milwaukee Fox affiliate did run the Osbournes…at 12am and then again at 1am. So…they just aren't going to show it during primetime hours because, as adults, we can't decide what we want to watch-when we want to watch. Those bastards!
Who cares. That show looks fucking stupid anyway.
I love it! The crappy Osbournes are just that! Crappy! It's great to see that people do not care for them anymore! Useless trash!
It's airing in Canada cuz I saw the first episode last night. There are some pretty funny "holy fuck, did that just happen?!" moments on the show, so I suppose I can see why some stations may ban it.
I watched it last night and looooved it!!! Sooo funny! What's the big deal?
I live in Knoxville, TN and couldn't wait for Idol to be over to see the Osbournes show. To my surprise it wasn't on, with no mention as to why. That pisses me off that they feel the need to flake like that! I guess I won't be watching Fox at all now! I'll be watching idol on youtube!
They didn't play it here either. We kept flipping back to it but it was some local news crap that looked like it should've been filmed in the 60's.
I'm in Columbia, SC.. our local fox station is Wach Fox 57
We were wondering why it didn't come on.
Re: snaphappy – hahaha yes there are TONS of rich people in both Panama City and Panama CIty beach… ive lived or visted (my whole family lives in PC/ PCB) in both towns for most of my life… and they are SO stuck up!! and it is so TRUE about the pc/pcb thing… 2 totally different atmospheres and there are probably 5 churches for every 1 person in town, i must say that i LOVE living on the beach as opposed to in town, but for now i am thankfully in Tampa in college, PC/PCB is a great place to visit, but i swore i would never live there again! haha
I'M GLAD IT WAS NOT AIRED, BUT FOR OTHER REASONS!
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I'M PUKE SICK OF ZERO TALENT TRAILER TRASH (BORAT, OSBOURNES) MAKING MILLIONS STRICTLY OFF OF NO-TALENT REALITY GAME SHOW THEATRICS THAT REQUIRES NOT EVEN AN OUNCE OF CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE!!
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"WE CAN'T WRITE ANYTHING WITTY, SO WE PISS AND FART TO MAKE YOU LAUGH, HA HA HA HA HA "
I am glad..I don't like censorship at all, but I don't like the Osbournes even more. This disgusting mob has had their time in the spotlight…and with Mama hauling off and punching folks now…enough! Ozzie can't speak at all..it is more pathetic than humorous. Dumb move, FOX.
I really wanted to see it too!
what the fuck? i love the osbournes!
FIGURES!!! EVERYTHING I LIKE IS BANNED OR CENSORED!!
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THAT'S THE PRICE I PAY FOR BEING "EDGY"……….TEE HEE!
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JJ'S BACK! HOLLER AT YOUR BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There was nothing offensive about the show?! wtf.
Ok having to see Ozzie's junk in a leotard was very offensive to my eyes, but thats it. other then that it was pretty tame.
soon ruppert murdCOCK will rule the world; then have us all banned
I live in Melbourne, Florida and they aired this on the Fox station, I have Brighthouse cable, it was FUNNY AS SHIT!!!! I LOVE THEM!!!!