It's a rated MA show, on cable, airing after prime time. They obviously filmed the dialogue to include f-words. Why on earth do they noticeably edit them out?
That's what you do when something made for cable is shown on another network in a family-friendly setting. It really surprised me to find the original run of a cable show to be so obviously edited like that.
I think they intended it to be that way. It seems like a new concept a lot of basic cable shows are using, where they can include that word in the dialogue as it would "normally" be used by the character instead of having them say something dumb like "Fudge". It's a way to make the dialogue seem more realistic, but still ok with the censors.
shareSo ridiculous that there is still censorship for words in this day and age. Why are the puritanical pussies who object to "bad" language still calling the shots? Graphic violence on TV is A-OK, but say a naughty word, or show a naked butt and all hell breaks loose. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this, considering all the Red states this past election.
Chthonic gods have set their sights on making me a slave to their ways.
I totally agree Dragonflye! It's ridiculous that you can say "sh*t", "a**hole", "pu**y" & "c*m on my t**s" but you still can't say the F word?! I still can't even type it without it being beeped lol.
"Well I stand corrected. Yet as I sit you become a liar again."
I'm thinking they can but for whatever reason they choose not to. I've watched other TV MA shows that have dropped the F bomb.
"Who lives, who dies, who tells your story"
Go Pack (They were fantastic last night) go Lette.
shareNudity, violence, and bad language are not restricted by the FCC because the FCC does not have control of cable and satellite communication.
My suspicion is that when Blake Crouch collaborated with TNT to make the series they did not know when it would be shown. Even though they are not under control, they have a broad audience that they want to attract. Some of you may not understand this, but in a free country people get to decide what they will watch on TV. There is also freedom to have diverse views of what is proper. Since they cannot attract a large audience by allowing libertines to make the rules, they decided they would not allow that to happen.
If "Good Behavior" is popular enough to attract an audience in the evening, I would expect the self-censorship will go away.
This is probably much more information that you ever wanted, but here goes.
There is a 1978 Supreme Court ruling (FCC v. Pacifica) that allows the FCC to censure certain graphic words. (I believe there may be list of forbidden words in that ruling) The FCC has authority to fine stations who allow those words in a broadcast.
However, the law was challenged in 2012 after the FCC failed to fine "Saving Private Ryan" for its graphic language along several other instances.
Surprisingly, it was Fox Television who brought the challenge.
the Supreme Court ruled that because the regulations at the time did not cover "fleeting expletives" the fines issued were invalidated as "unconstitutionally vague" under the Due Process Clause. Because the case was resolved on that basis, the Court declined to address the First Amendment implications of the FCC's indecency regulations or to reconsider FCC v. Pacifica, 438 U.S. 726 (1978
I thought that the FCC rulings only applied to broadcast stations (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW) and that cable stations self-policed to avoid viewer complaints which affect their advertising revenue.
shareYou are right, barecutz, but those basic cable stations didn't have the money power to thumb their noses at the regulations. to cater to those "family value" groups that carry a lot of weight with advertisers, they pretty much followed the broadcast stations. The SCOTUS decision may as well have applied to them.
Actually, the "family values" majority does not censor TV, either broadcast or cable. The censorship we are seeing now comes, basically, from what is called Political Correctness. Political Correctness pretty well rules,and not only in this country. In many supposedly free countries; Canada, for example, people may be called to court for even suggesting that certain groups might tolerate behavior that we all consider to be "inappropriate".
If you follow "Game of Thrones," notice how few major female characters are weak, stupid or evil. Notice, also, how few major male characters are strong, moral and intelligent.
It does not bother me, but it does seem to show the philosophical views of some. It is not the "family values" majority.
The F words in the episodes are muted out even when viewed on the TNT website. The SyFy website shows the uncensored versions of The Magicians episodes which are loaded with F bombs, so i was hoping TNT would do the same for Good Behavior. But nope.
shareTo get you to buy the DVD's. They do the same thing on network TV
shareI'm guessing that this maybe due to the fact that the production company is a UK company so they maybe planning ahead.
shareWhatever words come from Letty's mouth the most amazing thing is that they are in American English without even a hint of the True English accent that Michelle Dockery has in real life: she is an incredible actress, perhaps the best on television today.
shareAgreed, she's doing an amazing accent, and I also think deserves an award for her acting in this show.
shareJavier is like the Tony Soprano character: interesting, amusing & almost funny, easy to like but ultimately deadly, and Lette is an enabler to his murderous ways despite trying to foil them. Christian obviously is in love with Lette but she will be his downfall. She will continue to fowl up people's lives as well hers until she finally breaks through and becomes the truly good, clean living person she wants to be: but then the show will be over. Unfortunately, the show may have been better as a three hour movie because I don't see how they can sustain the scenario more than a season: we will see.
shareJust watching E2 on demand, nothing is muted, f-bomb and all.
shareI love that they have two versions of the show on Xfinity On Demand. One is the regular version that was shown on TNT and the "Explicit" version that can be viewed in its entirety. I prefer to watch the "Explicit" version On Demand the next day so that I do not have to deal with the muted version shown on TNT.
I'm watching explicit versions on TNT on demand too. IMBD has episode names wrong. I hadn't watched any at all & 2 last night & Episode 5 came on.
The shows airs during prime time (9:00 PM) for starters. Also TNT is basic cable, not like HBO. And while basic cable does not have to follow the censoring rules of broadcast TV, they do have sponsors who could get upset over the show's content.
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