Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..
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Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/a...urnesshow.html
Fla. Fox affiliate refuses to air Osbournes show
The Associated Press
PANAMA CITY, Fla. - A television station in the Florida Panhandle is not going to air a new variety show hosted by Ozzy Osbourne and his family because it contains profanity and adult content. The head of Panama City Fox affiliate WPGX says he watched a six-minute preview of "Osbournes: Reloaded" and found that the time slot for the show makes him uncomfortable.
The show is set to debut Tuesday at 8:20 p.m. CDT. The offbeat time is intended to keep viewers of top-rated "American Idol" watching the show.
WPGX General Manager David Cavileer says he would have aired the Osbournes show later in the evening. Instead, he'll air "The Simpsons" during the earlier time slot.
A Fox Broadcasting Co. spokesman says any affiliate can pre-empt a program it deems inappropriate for its market.
Fla. Fox affiliate refuses to air Osbournes show
The Associated Press
PANAMA CITY, Fla. - A television station in the Florida Panhandle is not going to air a new variety show hosted by Ozzy Osbourne and his family because it contains profanity and adult content. The head of Panama City Fox affiliate WPGX says he watched a six-minute preview of "Osbournes: Reloaded" and found that the time slot for the show makes him uncomfortable.
The show is set to debut Tuesday at 8:20 p.m. CDT. The offbeat time is intended to keep viewers of top-rated "American Idol" watching the show.
WPGX General Manager David Cavileer says he would have aired the Osbournes show later in the evening. Instead, he'll air "The Simpsons" during the earlier time slot.
A Fox Broadcasting Co. spokesman says any affiliate can pre-empt a program it deems inappropriate for its market.
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Actually, that's really strange for Florida. Epicenter of strange news or not, it's usually the mid-east/mid-west states that boycott stuff.
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..
Ummmm...what show on Fox doesn't contain profanity and adult content? And how late does the affiliate want it to air? Fox doesn't have a 10 o'clock (9 Central) programming block. It's airing pretty much as late as it can. If the affiliate airs "Family Guy" at 9 (or 8), then I fail to see why they would have issue with this.
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..
My guess was Texas. I mean, come on, it's Ozzy. That Florida crap doesn't even make sense in this case.
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Actually the local St. Louis, MO station skipped it as well, -they showed the first 10 seconds and them cut to a local special on the St. Louis Cardinals. It was very last minute and I don't know if they'll bother to broadcast it at another time ...not that I care at this point.
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Actually the local St. Louis, MO station skipped it as well, -they showed the first 10 seconds and them cut to a local special on the St. Louis Cardinals. It was very last minute and I don't know if they'll bother to broadcast it at another time ...not that I care at this point.
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i honestly think that was the worst thing i have ever seen on tv. i didnt laugh once but i cringed alot. though the cringing wasnt because the show was so shocking it was just embarrassingly bad. cussing can be funny or maybe a bit shocking when done right but they just seemed desperate for laughs every time they said fuck. the osbournes really made themselves look like fools...more so than ever. i watch fallon every night because its such a trainwreck. this show doesnt even have that going for it.
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They shouldn't have even bothered. They had a good little run on MTV with that reality show a few years back.
For them to do another show seems really pointless...JMO
For them to do another show seems really pointless...JMO
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Our local station started playing an episode of According to Jim right after Idol. I figured it was a screw-up at the time but now I'm not so sure.
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They moved it to 1 AM here in Milwaukee and showed a special news report in its place.
What was the special news report about?
What was the special news report about?
Spoiler:
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..
I also guessed Florida, but did anybody actually watch this show? I've heard reports that it was pretty bad.
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..
Even though I don't approve of the censorship (FL viewers should have to suffer like the rest of us did), gotta love that the replacement was ... The Simpsons.
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..
I live in Georgia, and our local affiliate didn't show it either. I can't imagine it being any worse than a lot of the crap they do show.
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Showing the Osbournes would have gotten that special news report's point across just as well!