Upstream | July 29, 2009 | 12 comments

Fox bans Family Guy abortion episode

source: http://www.gunaxin.com/fox-bans-family-guy-episode-partial-terms-of-endearment/24806

Skyscraper08
Fox have decided to ban a Family Guy episode, due to the refrences to abortion.
The episode, titled "Partial Terms of Endearment", was set to be aired next season but Fox withdrew stating:

"Fox will not air the 'Partial Terms of Endearment' episode of 'Family Guy,' but we fully support the producers' right to make the episode and distribute it in whatever way they want."

This is not the first ban Family Guy has seen. Previously banned episode "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", was labbelled inappropriate, but later turned up on the Adult Swim network.

**NOTE: VIDEO CLIP IS EXAMPLE OF FAMILY GUY JOKE FROM A PREVIOUS SEASON
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12 comments // Fox bans Family Guy abortion episode // Video

  • jonbrooks
  • lifestudentno83
    • 0
      lifestudentno83  

    • Eh h.. who cares if Fox doesn't air it...
      It'll just end up on Adult Swim as an exclusive world premier a month after the season ends.

      Really, would you expect anything less from the same people who bring you the Fixed Noise Channel conservatrash?

    • 2 years ago
  • nazbags
  • junipersage
    • 0
      junipersage  

    • thats sensorship! and it discourages creativity, personally i am aginst abortions but i dont have my head so far up my butt that i cant take a joke. and i DONT feel bad for laughing.

    • 2 years ago
  • Newcastle81
    • 0
      Newcastle81  

    • Seen this one not that bad considering some of the more near knuckle video's for example here are a few.

      "You have Aids" Look it up very funny but wrong
      "Ive got a little a list" from stewie kills louis

      So seriouslly whatever it was that got them banned it cant be the abortion one above so it must be much worse then ever before but the point I want to make is why ban an episode of one of your most popular programmes sounds stupid to me.

    • 2 years ago
  • lj111
  • abbym0308
    • 0
      abbym0308  

    • It is tasteless. I'm not against making jokes about sensitive issues, as long as they make you think a little differently or challenge the status quo. But just saying abortion 35 times in as many seconds in telling a ridiculous story really doesn't hit the mark of good satire.

    • 2 years ago
  • AnnieMole
    • 0
      AnnieMole  

    • I think the writers' aim is to shock and see how much they can get away with a lot of the time. That clip probably shows "Mmm - let's see how many times we can get the word abortion in a minute"

    • 2 years ago
  • JClem
    • 0
      JClem  

    • It's not even terribly funny, no wonder Fox pulled it based on that clip.

      I'm surprised they havent pulled more episodes, some a really close to the line of whats funny and whats just plain insulting.

    • 2 years ago
  • emmaboswood
  • Skyscraper08
  • Slick
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