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The S-word is allowed online

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vchimpanzee

I haven't heard the S-word on broadcast network TV that wasn't live in ages.

So after I made the discovery that ABC put unaired episodes of "Selfie" online, I watched the ones I still could. I'm hoping the one I didn't know about in time will show up on TV or somewhere else free later.

I think this happened in "Perestroika", which was one of the funniest TV episodes I have seen all season.

Did Eliza really say that word? I thought I had misheard, but later I clearly heard Henry say it.

I thought online versions could only be as dirty as what actually airs. Makes me wonder what you get when you watch "The Goldbergs", who occasionally have to be bleeped for what may be even worse language. But I've never had to see their very funny show online.
 
I did see that episode the day of its release and was thrown off by it myself, but I've heard much, much worse on basic and premium cable. My thought is that standards and practices dropped the ball figuring it wasn't going over-the-air on ABC anyways or that Hulu allowed it to go through by creator preference. I never checked the ABC on demand cut that goes out onto cable providers of the episode.

Usually the only way network shows get it that way is if the showrunners are able to put it on Hulu as a 'director's cut' (like Parks and Recreation often does to get +22 minute cuts to their biggest fans), but usually the swearing is always meant to bleeped more for comic effect than the word itself. It's more prominent in edgy shows like Happy Endings and Marry Me, but even on a show like How to Get Away With Murder those scripts are usually broadcast-safe.
 
"The S-word is allowed online."

Well, ****, it better be, it's the Internet. :D
 
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AHHH better reread the TOS here.....what you posted is not allowed (Swear/cuss words I believe are not legal to post..but then the old saying goes "Anything is legal as long as you don't get caught at it"

also as to the signature line:
"NOTE: If this is the last post in this thread and you wish to reply,<br />hit the REPLY button below... NOT the quote button above.<br />The result: less clutter, and less aggravation for our blind members.<br /><br />Thanks!"
The colors, etc are all wrong......and what quote button "ABOVE"?? Reply with Quote is below your sig line as well...OOPS
 
@CW Still have to fix the sig... And lazily quoting an entire last post in a thread to continue the thread is actually what I am alluding to... and I actually didn't put a post, or a portion thereof, in quotes, but actually the thread title! :)
 
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