5 television episodes so controversial that they have triggered demonstrations

From Sesame Street to Connors, these shows have been faced with a major backlash.


Not all television shows are for each spectator. But there have been several opportunities in which the strong negative reaction to an episode of a series has exceeded a preference question, which even led to public outcry. The next five Television shows even faced a protest For their content, for reasons ranging from terrified children to families of murder victims. Read the rest to find out why these episodes have led to such noisy and angry reactions.

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1
Sesame Street , Episode n ° 847

Margaret Hamilton with Oscar the Grouch on
Sesame workshop

A 1976 episode of Sesame Street was fired And never shown again after the initial broadcast, led to a complaint dam. The episode present Margaret Hamilton in character as his character of The Wizard of Oz , The wicked witch of the West. She arrives on Sesame Street to recover her broom from one of the regulars in the series, who accidentally obtained her, but some viewers estimated that she was too hard and frightening in her pursuit.

Sesame Street received letters from parents who claimed that their children had found the episode overwhelming, and it was never broadcast again. Although it was removed from traffic, the episode has resurfaced online And was projected, including at the Museum of the Image In Movement in New York.

2
Married to children , "Its flowing cups"

Amanda Bearse and Katey Sagal on
Sony Pictures television

No doubt the most famous television protest of all time started when a woman has appointed Terry Rakolta spoke against the series Married to children . The episode "Hes Cups Runneth Over", which includes a considerable amount of sexual content, including a woman slightly dressed in a lingerie store and refers to a vibrator and pornography, broadcast as part of the third season of The sitcom in 1989. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

An angry Rakolta wrote letters to the advertisers of the show asking them to stop sponsoring the show. In response, some brands said they would no longer be advertisements during the series, but did not stand for their self-imposed ban. As indicated by Weekly entertainment ,, Fox moved the time slot of the program From 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., which may have changed the minds of these advertisers.

3
Connors , "Christmas dog days"

John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, and Jane Curtin on
ABC / Eric McCandless

In December 2022, An episode of Connors was fired Streaming and on demand on complaints that he apparently shed light on a recent tragedy. In the episode "The Dog Days of Christmas", Dan ( John Goodman ) Ask his mother-in-law Doris ( Jane Curtin ) About driving with his night vision. "What about pedestrians and bikes? Dan asks Dan. Doris replies:" I could run on a fanfare and feel nothing in this VR. "

Since Doris led Wisconsin, some estimated that the line was an offensive reference to the Waukesha's Christmas show attack And made their feelings known online. In 2021, a man crossed a parade - which included a fanfare, killing six people and wounding more than 60.

The producers of the show apologized and declared in a press release: "We would never consciously make such an event in light and are mortified that it was perceived in this way. We have drawn the episode in its current form And we will ensure that this dialogue is deleted from future defamations. "

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4
Dahmer , "Lionel"

DaShawn Barnes as Rita Isbell in
Netflix

Netflix True Crime series Dahmer Faced with calls for a boycott which were fed by a particular episode. The show revolves around the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer And represents his heinous crimes, which was sufficient for certain viewers to remain away. But the "Lionel" episode in particular led to reactions rewarded by one of the family members of the real victim themselves.

This episode presents a recreation of the victim's declaration of Rita Isbell, Dahmer's victim's sister Errol Lindsey . (She played in the series by Dashawn Barnes .) Isbell made an appearance passionate about the court, during which she faced Dahmer. But while the fictitious version of the appearance is correct in the images of the real Isbell, she said that she was not at all contacted about the show. She considered that the series could have benefited the families of the victims in one way or another, since their stories were extracted from content. She was also upset to have again against these painful events.

"When I saw a part of the show, it disturbed me, especially when I saw myself - when I saw my name fall on the screen and this lady saying exactly what I said , " Isbell said to the initiate , noting that she only looked at the parts who presented her as a character. "If I didn't know better, I would have thought it was me. Her hair was like mine, she had on the same clothes. This is why it was like reliving again. It brought back all the emotions I felt at the time. ""

5
Midnight call , "After that happened"

Kay Lenz on
Warner Bros. television distribution.

An episode of the series Midnight call was already the target of protests even before it was broadcast. In 1988, Word released that the intrigue of an episode of the new program would include a bisexual man diagnosed with partners knowingly infecting, then being killed by one of them. Members of the public protested in a place where Midnight call was running in San Francisco.

Critics of the planned episode estimated that it would be A negative representation of two people diagnosed with HIV / AIDS and members of the LGBTQ community, as indicated by Los Angeles Times . In response, NBC revised the content of the episode , including the reduction of murder at the end. Midnight call continued to be broadcast for three seasons, from 1988 to 1991.


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