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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8490651" data-attributes="member: 18">I disagree that this is correct.Whilst US Netflix may have pulled or failed to renew those two BBC shows (I dunno if they were ever on UK Netflix), but The Mighty Boosh is available for streaming in full from the IP owner - the BBC and on Sky. No episodes have been pulled. Here's the BBC's disclaimer:"The Mighty Boosh is a classic comedy which reflects the broadcast standards, language and attitudes of its time. Some viewers may find this content offensive."Little Britain doesn't seem to be available anywhere right now on streaming (in the UK), which honestly? I'm kind of happy about. I really didn't like that show, and it was definitely racist - straight up blackface for mocking non-white people (among many other gross bits). Like it should not have been on TV in the 21st century. I imagine it'll come back on some nostalgia channel eventually.So I maintain that the IP owner typically eventually brings stuff back with a disclaimer on their streaming service if they have one. The shows it really sucks for are ones like Community (NBC don't seem to have a "proper" streaming service of their own and they're cheapskates at the best of times). Community was one of the few you listed which was doing it to attack/criticise blackface, rather than just doing blackface. If they're not back already I fully expect the 30 Rock episodes to come back with a disclaimer eventually on Peacock or w/e it's called. Though maybe not whilst Alec Baldwin is insisting on shooting so many people.I don't think any of the Always Sunny episodes with Blackface got pulled, I note, so context apparently matters. NBC shouldn't have pulled the Community ones for similar reasons.Also re: South Park, I'm unclear that it's the IP owner cutting the episodes. Does HBO Max own South Park or is it just renting it? Wikipedia did not clear this up.Are there though?I had a look to see if I could find any other examples than the ones you listed that were banned for like, racism/sexism/blackface.I could not. Can you?I did find this and these are kind of hilarious:[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/controversial-tv-episodes-that-were-banned[/URL]Ghostwatch came back many years later. It was totally incredible btw, one of the best TV experiences of my life and because of the way it worked, basically impossible to repeat so it's not like it really could quite be "banned". Obviously I watched it live at the time. Because the BBC overreacted so much it became a goddamn legend for years. You could talk to almost kid about the same age as me about it in the UK and they'd remember.</blockquote>

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