how did they ever think these ideas
would make it to air welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 banned TV
episodes it’s just you and Topanga yes
alone in the hotel room yes I’m prom
night yes so what you do before we begin
we publish new content every day so be
sure to subscribe to our Channel and
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to get notified about our latest videos
for this list we’re looking at
television episodes that were banned
from airing for various reasons we’re
considering those that have either been
been outright from airing at all and
those banned from re-airing due to
backlash and or controversy people don’t
have to imagine bad things all the time
you know we can imagine good things to
number 10 the encounter the twilight
you said you wanted someone to take care
of your lawn to be honest we’re
surprised more Twilight Zone episodes
more banned while this episode could
have been banned for being overly
violent or disturbing it was the
incredible racism of it that got the
episode axed the encounter originally
aired on may 1st 1964 and it served as
the 151st episode of the series however
the episode received harsh criticism for
its depiction of asian-american
character Arthur Takamori the character
garnered complaints from viewers who
disagreed with the character’s backstory
and racial overtones the episode was
banned from syndication for over 50
years before it finally emerged on the
sci-fi channel in 2016 it’s never
enjoyed a rerun and shucks darn I missed
out on my residuals on petland number 9
F Hannibal children transport us to our
childhoods Hannibal was an incredibly
graphic series that shot violence unlike
any other show on television and while
most episodes featured scenes of
horrific violence a few moments in the
series fourth episode earth hit a little
too close to home the episode revolves
around a woman who brainwashes young
boys into killing their families I
brought my own
family to this home invasion the series
creator Bryan Fuller thought this
episode was too inappropriate to air
after the Sandy Hook shooting and
requested that NBC pulled the episode in
the US the network honored his wish and
the episode was broken into webisodes
and aired over the Internet
it was later included on the DVD and
streaming sites in its proper
chronological order and misery rains it
pours
number eight bored she hung herself
Hawaii five-o I am NOT one of your
patron will give you one guess as to why
this episode was banned an episode of
Hawaii five-o second season titled bored
she hung herself has supposedly been
lost to time airing in January 1970 the
episode centered around a woman who
attempted a yoga exercise that required
asphyxiation the exercise ends up going
wrong when the woman gets herself hanged
and the police are called in to
investigate one unlucky viewer then
decided to attempt the exercise
themselves and suffered the same fate as
the character due to the unfortunate
accident the episode was never re air
and has never been included in the
show’s various home video releases did
you see are you sure that it’s one
number seven electric soldier porygon
it’s not often that you hear of a
children’s television episode being
banned but here you go
in fact many episodes of Pokemon
including Beauty and the beach have been
banned electric soldier porygon is an
episode that sees ash travelling inside
the pokeballs transmitting device in one
scene
Pikachu causes an explosion that results
in the screen flashing red-and-blue this
resulted in instances of blindness
nausea and convulsions among numerous
Japanese children and nearly 700 kids
were taken to the hospital to prevent
further incidents of Pokemon shock
Nintendo banned the episode from airing
again and it was never released outside
of Japan number 6 promises promises
Boy Meets World yes everything right
promises promises is part Boy Meets
World part American Pie the episode
revolves around Cory and Topanga
attempting to lose their virginity on
prom night after the Disney Channel
secured the show syndication rights
it cuts suggestive scenes from various
episodes so the content would appear
more suitable for their younger
demographic as you can imagine this
greatly upset many diehard fans of the
show while the episode initially made it
to air on Disney during its first
syndication run it caused complaints
from parents who protested the sexual
storyline leading the Disney Channel to
ban it from future airings so what do
you want to do number 5 the city of New
York vs. Homer Simpson The Simpsons 9
bucks the city of New York vs. Homer
Simpson is a great Simpsons episode that
sees the family traveling to New York to
recover their vehicle which had been
taken by Barney Gumble the wheel clamped
car is eventually found at the World
[Music]
while there is nothing malicious within
the episode itself it was removed from
syndication after the September 11th
attacks due to the World Trade Centers
relevance to the plot it remained banned
from television for over 5 years until
it began to re-emerge around 2006
in a heavily edited form
[Music]
number four partial terms of endearment
Family Guy Lois that’s why we’re here we
were wondering if you would be our
surrogate oh my god
Family Guy is no stranger to controversy
the first episode to be banned was the
Jewish centric when you wish upon a
Weinstein way back in the early 2000s
and partial terms of endearment followed
in its footsteps several years later the
episode sees Lois becoming a surrogate
mother for her old friend
however when her friend is killed in an
accident Lois and Peter must decide
whether to abort the baby or carry it to
term while the episode aired on BBC
three in the UK it was banned from
airing in America by Fox who took issue
with the sensitive storyline I think
this may be the right thing to do number
three the Puerto Rican Day Seinfeld
it’s the Puerto Rican Day
beloved show that it is not even
Seinfeld is above controversy one of the
final episodes of the show was called
the Puerto Rican Day and it saw the
character stuck in Manhattan’s Porto
Rican Day Parade the episode received
harsh criticism due to its negative
portrayal of Puerto Ricans and for a
scene in which Kramer accidentally sets
the Puerto Rican flag on fire the
episode resulted in angry letters and
protests and NBC apologized and
subsequently refused to re air the
episode when episodes of the ninth
season were brought into syndication the
Puerto Rican day was initially absent
although it has returned to the air as
number two home the x-files each of the
peacock brothers was the father of that
child home maybe one of the series best
episodes but it’s also one of the most
controversial while the x-files usually
centered on the paranormal this episode
saw Mulder and Scully investigating an
isolated incestuous family in the small
town of home Pennsylvania the episodes
writers Glen Morgan and James Wong
wanted to make the episode as shocking
as possible whom they definitely
succeeded Andy what are you doing well
the episode was generally praised some
took issue with its violence and
disturbing nature owing to the mature
content of the episode and the
criticisms leveled against it Fox
refused to re air the episode with the
exception of a special Halloween event
three years after its initial airing
this is our home and the way it’s gonna
stay
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
[Music]
a cold one you know that guy looks a
little like Steven number one 200 and
201 South Park a threat against the
traders of South Park a warning by a
radical Islamic group right here in
America right here in New York that they
will end up dead because of a cartoon
South Park has consistently been one of
televisions most controversial shows and
this is most evident in its two hundred
and two hundred first episodes these
episodes saw various celebrities filing
a class-action lawsuit against the town
of South Park
however the celebrities promised to drop
the lawsuit if the town can get the
Prophet Muhammad to meet them in
response to Muhammad’s role in the story
the radical organization revolution
Muslim issued warnings comparable to
death threats to Trey Parker and Matt
Stone after the airing of 200 Comedy
Central heavily censored 201 and the
episodes have never re aired on TV in
addition neither episode is available to
digitally stream or buy although they
are available on the season 14 DVD
I’m sorry Mohamed but will you please
step out of the bear costume do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
would make it to air welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 banned TV
episodes it’s just you and Topanga yes
alone in the hotel room yes I’m prom
night yes so what you do before we begin
we publish new content every day so be
sure to subscribe to our Channel and
ring the bell
to get notified about our latest videos
for this list we’re looking at
television episodes that were banned
from airing for various reasons we’re
considering those that have either been
been outright from airing at all and
those banned from re-airing due to
backlash and or controversy people don’t
have to imagine bad things all the time
you know we can imagine good things to
number 10 the encounter the twilight
you said you wanted someone to take care
of your lawn to be honest we’re
surprised more Twilight Zone episodes
more banned while this episode could
have been banned for being overly
violent or disturbing it was the
incredible racism of it that got the
episode axed the encounter originally
aired on may 1st 1964 and it served as
the 151st episode of the series however
the episode received harsh criticism for
its depiction of asian-american
character Arthur Takamori the character
garnered complaints from viewers who
disagreed with the character’s backstory
and racial overtones the episode was
banned from syndication for over 50
years before it finally emerged on the
sci-fi channel in 2016 it’s never
enjoyed a rerun and shucks darn I missed
out on my residuals on petland number 9
F Hannibal children transport us to our
childhoods Hannibal was an incredibly
graphic series that shot violence unlike
any other show on television and while
most episodes featured scenes of
horrific violence a few moments in the
series fourth episode earth hit a little
too close to home the episode revolves
around a woman who brainwashes young
boys into killing their families I
brought my own
family to this home invasion the series
creator Bryan Fuller thought this
episode was too inappropriate to air
after the Sandy Hook shooting and
requested that NBC pulled the episode in
the US the network honored his wish and
the episode was broken into webisodes
and aired over the Internet
it was later included on the DVD and
streaming sites in its proper
chronological order and misery rains it
pours
number eight bored she hung herself
Hawaii five-o I am NOT one of your
patron will give you one guess as to why
this episode was banned an episode of
Hawaii five-o second season titled bored
she hung herself has supposedly been
lost to time airing in January 1970 the
episode centered around a woman who
attempted a yoga exercise that required
asphyxiation the exercise ends up going
wrong when the woman gets herself hanged
and the police are called in to
investigate one unlucky viewer then
decided to attempt the exercise
themselves and suffered the same fate as
the character due to the unfortunate
accident the episode was never re air
and has never been included in the
show’s various home video releases did
you see are you sure that it’s one
number seven electric soldier porygon
it’s not often that you hear of a
children’s television episode being
banned but here you go
in fact many episodes of Pokemon
including Beauty and the beach have been
banned electric soldier porygon is an
episode that sees ash travelling inside
the pokeballs transmitting device in one
scene
Pikachu causes an explosion that results
in the screen flashing red-and-blue this
resulted in instances of blindness
nausea and convulsions among numerous
Japanese children and nearly 700 kids
were taken to the hospital to prevent
further incidents of Pokemon shock
Nintendo banned the episode from airing
again and it was never released outside
of Japan number 6 promises promises
Boy Meets World yes everything right
promises promises is part Boy Meets
World part American Pie the episode
revolves around Cory and Topanga
attempting to lose their virginity on
prom night after the Disney Channel
secured the show syndication rights
it cuts suggestive scenes from various
episodes so the content would appear
more suitable for their younger
demographic as you can imagine this
greatly upset many diehard fans of the
show while the episode initially made it
to air on Disney during its first
syndication run it caused complaints
from parents who protested the sexual
storyline leading the Disney Channel to
ban it from future airings so what do
you want to do number 5 the city of New
York vs. Homer Simpson The Simpsons 9
bucks the city of New York vs. Homer
Simpson is a great Simpsons episode that
sees the family traveling to New York to
recover their vehicle which had been
taken by Barney Gumble the wheel clamped
car is eventually found at the World
[Music]
while there is nothing malicious within
the episode itself it was removed from
syndication after the September 11th
attacks due to the World Trade Centers
relevance to the plot it remained banned
from television for over 5 years until
it began to re-emerge around 2006
in a heavily edited form
[Music]
number four partial terms of endearment
Family Guy Lois that’s why we’re here we
were wondering if you would be our
surrogate oh my god
Family Guy is no stranger to controversy
the first episode to be banned was the
Jewish centric when you wish upon a
Weinstein way back in the early 2000s
and partial terms of endearment followed
in its footsteps several years later the
episode sees Lois becoming a surrogate
mother for her old friend
however when her friend is killed in an
accident Lois and Peter must decide
whether to abort the baby or carry it to
term while the episode aired on BBC
three in the UK it was banned from
airing in America by Fox who took issue
with the sensitive storyline I think
this may be the right thing to do number
three the Puerto Rican Day Seinfeld
it’s the Puerto Rican Day
beloved show that it is not even
Seinfeld is above controversy one of the
final episodes of the show was called
the Puerto Rican Day and it saw the
character stuck in Manhattan’s Porto
Rican Day Parade the episode received
harsh criticism due to its negative
portrayal of Puerto Ricans and for a
scene in which Kramer accidentally sets
the Puerto Rican flag on fire the
episode resulted in angry letters and
protests and NBC apologized and
subsequently refused to re air the
episode when episodes of the ninth
season were brought into syndication the
Puerto Rican day was initially absent
although it has returned to the air as
number two home the x-files each of the
peacock brothers was the father of that
child home maybe one of the series best
episodes but it’s also one of the most
controversial while the x-files usually
centered on the paranormal this episode
saw Mulder and Scully investigating an
isolated incestuous family in the small
town of home Pennsylvania the episodes
writers Glen Morgan and James Wong
wanted to make the episode as shocking
as possible whom they definitely
succeeded Andy what are you doing well
the episode was generally praised some
took issue with its violence and
disturbing nature owing to the mature
content of the episode and the
criticisms leveled against it Fox
refused to re air the episode with the
exception of a special Halloween event
three years after its initial airing
this is our home and the way it’s gonna
stay
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
[Music]
a cold one you know that guy looks a
little like Steven number one 200 and
201 South Park a threat against the
traders of South Park a warning by a
radical Islamic group right here in
America right here in New York that they
will end up dead because of a cartoon
South Park has consistently been one of
televisions most controversial shows and
this is most evident in its two hundred
and two hundred first episodes these
episodes saw various celebrities filing
a class-action lawsuit against the town
of South Park
however the celebrities promised to drop
the lawsuit if the town can get the
Prophet Muhammad to meet them in
response to Muhammad’s role in the story
the radical organization revolution
Muslim issued warnings comparable to
death threats to Trey Parker and Matt
Stone after the airing of 200 Comedy
Central heavily censored 201 and the
episodes have never re aired on TV in
addition neither episode is available to
digitally stream or buy although they
are available on the season 14 DVD
I’m sorry Mohamed but will you please
step out of the bear costume do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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