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[Curufinwe]

Sure, if you're watching HBO a lot

They said shit on Suits quite a lot. I don't know if that's the only USA show that does it.

 

[Meier]

Breaking Bad is allowed one FUCK a season. Any other time its blurred or muted out.

This limitation never made sense to me.

Because it doesn't exist beyond possibly some agreement between AMC and the advertisers. The FCC has no power over cable of any level. It's entirely up to the channel to decide what they air -- most don't use curse words beyond shit or show nudity because they fear they will lose advertisers. Since HBO has none of those, they do what they want.

 

[Blair]

I love being in the UK we can even watch hells kitchen USA with all of Gordon's lovely swearing

Wow i never thought of that, is it all bleeped in America? That show would blow censored.


"It's fucking RAW! All of you, COME FUCKING HERE! Taste that... FUCK SAKE!"

 

[systematic]

Why do the advertisers in the US not allow nudity/swearing? Yet in most other countries the advertisers don't mind?

And why aren't US advertisers against violence?

Blame protest groups like the Parents Television Council who focus more on swearing and sex. They help organise advertiser boycotts and protests to drop advertising on shows they deem inappropriate.

 

[Zoe]

They said shit on Suits quite a lot. I don't know if that's the only USA show that does it.

It's on all of them now.

Wow i never thought of that, is it all bleeped in America? That show would blow censored.


"It's fucking RAW! All of you, COME FUCKING HERE! Taste that... FUCK SAKE!"

Yep, beeps all over the place.

 

[RealMeat]

Then there is the n-word which...I don't think I've seen a basic cable show use ever.

I heard the n-word on a show CBS once, but it was on a very special episode about racism.

 

[dorkimoe]

never understood why words are worse than images. Again a certain show last night on Tv showed someone shot in the head point blank, also someone burnt alive. Thats allowed? But heaven forbid we say fuck or bitch

 

[kswiston]

I think most things go in Canada provided the program airs after 9pm. Sopranos and Nip/tuck used to air uncut on one of the Canadian Networks (CTV or Global, I forget), and I am pretty sure I have seen softcore porn on CityTV at like 1am before. None of those are cable networks either.

 

[Cubsfan23]

All cuss words eventually become normal words, which makes all of this ridiculous when you think about it

 

[HK-47]

never understood why words are worse than images. Again a certain show last night on Tv showed someone shot in the head point blank, also someone burnt alive. Thats allowed? But heaven forbid we say fuck or bitch

Bitch is used all the time.

 

[Master Thespian]

They said shit on Suits quite a lot. I don't know if that's the only USA show that does it.

Seems like the people behind Covert Affairs noticed Suits was getting away with using it and now they're trying to play catch up.

 

[SKINNER!]

Sometimes MTV/Viva (maybe comedy central too) in the UK air the recent episodes of South Park unbleeped and it always catches me off-guard.

 

[Blutonium]

Because 'bitch' is not a four-letter word, and 'shit' and 'fuck' are.

 

[Merovin]

Everything is allowed over here.

(UK-GAF)

We even get the C-Bomb over here!

 

[Cindres]

I still don't get why asshole is bleeped and considered so taboo on American TV. What is it with you guys and that word?

 

[NekoFever]

'Goddamn' is the one that I don't get. I didn't even consider that offensive until I became a moderator on an American forum and was told I had to remove it.

Seriously, it's down there with the really basic swear words that I wouldn't think twice about using in front of my grandparents or a child.

 

[CygnusXS]

Wow i never thought of that, is it all bleeped in America? That show would blow censored.


"It's fucking RAW! All of you, COME FUCKING HERE! Taste that... FUCK SAKE!"

Yeah, it is. It's a bleeping nightmare.

 

[panty]

Dem female dogs are on tv aren't they

This made me laugh way harder than it should.

 

[BoatAck]

first time i heard "bitch" on national TV was on the Simpsons. that was mindblowing when i was a kid.

Mr. Boswell: Memo to Goldie Hawn: Cheerleading tryouts were 30 years ago. Let's grow up, shall we?

Crowd: <laughs>

Bart: <laughs> He's such a bitch!