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Alabama, Arkansas PBS member stations won't run 'Arthur' gay wedding

How is the episode even a controversy at this point. Also the intended audience could find the "Censored Episode" on the PBS apps. What is the point of pre-empting episodes of a show on OTA TV if the target audience like children in this case can download the PBS app on their Tablet or TV to get the show their affiliate removed.
 
to be fair, Alabama politics is influenced by evegelical christians who thinks that if it's a sin, then it's illegal and thus banned. this and their abortion ban proves the states political views are religious influence, next thing you know, that state will reinstate some blue laws that have previously been done away.
 
Will_H_69_9 said:
to be fair, Alabama politics is influenced by evegelical christians who thinks that if it's a sin, then it's illegal and thus banned. this and their abortion ban proves the states political views are religious influence, next thing you know, that state will reinstate some blue laws that have previously been done away.
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True but the PBS Affiliates in question did consider that when they made that decision. But in reality all its going to do is drive more viewers to not watch OTA and Cable TV. All this political decision over a TV episode censorship is going to do here is drive more people to get a TV with Roku, Amazon fire tv and Apple TV os that can download apps in this case the PBS app and avoid the drama of the affiliate and the politics of their trustees.

This big fiasco over a shows storyline means nothing now.
 
There was a time when the evangelicals got a Constitutional amendment passed to outlaw alcohol. Prohibition lasted about ten years. We could be going in that direction again.
 
TheBigA said:
There was a time when the evangelicals got a Constitutional amendment passed to outlaw alcohol. Prohibition lasted about ten years. We could be going in that direction again.
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Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933, and was as much of a product of lingering post-WW1 anti-German sentiment as it was of the Evangelicals. In any case, enough states (46 -- 36 out of 48 states were all that were necessary) ratified it to make it the law of the land for the next 13 years. Some states had already enacted their own Prohibition prior to the 18th Amendment's ratification. For example, Arizona enacted it in 1915, most likely due to the influence of the anti-alcohol LDS church.
 
nomadcowatbk said:
didn't some Alabama ABC affiliates not air the coming out episode of Ellen?
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I do remember there were ABC affiliates (Mainly ones not owned by Disney) pre empting Saving Private Ryan and Nightline in 2003 and 2004 due to the intense political pressure of the Iraq War and Afghanistan war fallout though. I don't know if it was in Alabama or not though.
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts...episode/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1240645c0ad1

A rat and an aardvark walked down the aisle, and PBS affiliates across the country aired the couple’s big moment — except in Alabama and Arkansas.

These small, furry mammals were both men in the fictional universe of the children’s show “Arthur,” and public television networks in the two states refused to run the episode.

In the Season 22 premiere, beloved third-grade teacher Mr. Ratburn marries a chocolatier named Patrick. Alabama Public Television told AL.com that it aired a rerun of the animated show on May 13 in place of “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone.”

The station’s director of programming, Mike Mckenzie, told the news website that the show’s producers, PBS and WGBH, alerted them in April about the upcoming wedding episode.

“(A)lthough we strongly encourage parents to watch television with their children and talk about what they have learned afterwards — parents trust that their children can watch APT without their supervision,” McKenzie told AL.com in an email. “We also know that children who are younger than the ‘target’ audience for Arthur also watch the program.”
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WGBH and PBS has sent Memos to PBS affiliates on Arthur Episode as far back as April. And both the ALabama PBS affiliate and PBS respond to the issue.

PBS told NPR in a statement: “PBS Kids programs are designed to reflect the diversity of communities across the nation. We believe it is important to represent the wide array of adults in the lives of children who look to PBS Kids every day.”

“Arthur” creator Marc Brown told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that he was happy to see so many positive comments about the wedding episode on social media.

“Art reflects life. Life reflects art,” Brown told CBC. “And I think that kids need to see what’s happening in the world.”
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