14 Bonkers Reasons Television Episodes Were Removed From Syndication

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14 Bonkers Reasons Television Episodes Were Removed From Syndication

The history of broadcast television is littered with programs that have been banned. Certain television series are deemed excessively risqué again to the average viewer. They must be eliminated, either because of the series' contentious subject matter or because of the impact of current events. On the other hand, some shows have made it through the first-time transmission only to be dropped from the network's schedule.

What are the similarities between Sesame Street and South Park? In addition to themes about poop, pee, and sperm, they sparked some controversy during their time. Here are a few of the oddest reasons why the powers that be decided to cancel a television episode:

We'll look at a couple of various scenarios with restricted episodes. Certain episodes have only been broadcast on the original graph before being taken off the air. On the other hand, dozens of other people were prohibited from the network but instead were re-aired without trouble on other sites.

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION The High Ground CRACKED.COM In this episode, Data predicts that a terrorist organization will succeed in reunifying Ireland in the distant year of 2024. The BBC kept it off of British airwaves until 2007, and it still hasn't run in Ireland.

Source: BBC

HAWAII FIVE-0 Bored, She Hung Herself CRACKED.COM This episode featured a (hopefully) fictional form of yoga that involves auto asphyxiation. Someone accidentally died trying to replicate it, and the episode was nuked Due to viewer reaction following the original telecast.

Source: IMDB

LAW AND ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT The Glory That Was... ONE POLICE PLAZA CRACKED.COM This episode has been scrubbed from DVDs and Amazon, most likely due to pressure from the International Olympic Committee and the Brazillian government. It heavily implied high-level bribery was responsible for the 2016 Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro.

Source: IMDB

MARRIED... WITH CHILDREN A Period Piece CRACKED.COM A no-girls-allowed camping trip is ruined when girls show up and get their periods at the same time! It sounds like shameless bro bait, but it was the first time a sitcom had tried to deal so directly with menstruation, and Fox was nervous. EP Ron Leavitt said Geraldo burns babies in prime time, and we're just saying women have periods.

Source: YouTube

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