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Old 03-31-09, 07:56 PM
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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.
Old 03-31-09, 08:24 PM
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

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..

My guess was Utah! I guess the Mormans don't mind the Osbournes.
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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..

Actually, the station did its audience a favor. It's awful.
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

why did i sit through 30 mins of 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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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

I had no idea this was even on yet. Really that bad, huh?
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Yeah, it was bad. That Florida TV station did a favor to it's viewers.
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

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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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

Originally Posted by DWilson
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.
They made an announcement on the news that it would be shown at midnight because of the content. Truly awful, you didn't miss anything...
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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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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

I thought Utah for sure.
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

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
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

I guessed Utah. My backup choice was Mississippi.
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

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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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

Since we are not in Otter land I thought Utah too.
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

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?
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Drugs (meth, coke, otc drugs, prescription drugs, etc) in the community and how they are affecting/killing the youth.
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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

hooray I was right "Florida" that was my quess before reading the story.
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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 wish my local Florida affiliate didn't air it.
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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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Re: Osbournes New Variety Show (one station refuses to air it) Guess what state..

Originally Posted by jpoppe
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?
Drugs (meth, coke, otc drugs, prescription drugs, etc) in the community and how they are affecting/killing the youth.
Showing the Osbournes would have gotten that special news report's point across just as well!

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