Controversial TV Episodes of Popular Shows That Have Been Totally Banned

"Maude's Dilemma Pt. 1" "Maude's Dilemma Pt. 2" - Maude

Believe it or not, Maude also had two episodes about abortion. Maude, played by Bea Arthur, finds herself pregnant at 47-years-old. The episodes follow her while she tries to figure out if she could keep the baby or not. This was aired in 1973, which is pretty impressive since the stances on abortion were generally against the surgery. After it was aired once, over 30 major networks refused to ever air it again. 

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The More You Know

  • The singer RM of the Koren pop group BTS learned English in part by watching the sitcom Friends on DVD
  • The West Wing: The longest "walk and talk" scene the show ever shot was three minutes long, took half the night to shoot, and involved around 500 extras.
  • Family Matters: The infamous theme song "As Days Go By" wasn't always the theme song. "What A Wonderful World" was used in the pilot (though it has been replaced with "As Days Go By" in syndicated versions of the show).
  • Breaking Bad: When you combine the titles of Season 2's first, fourth, tenth, and thirteenth episodes you get "Seven Thirty-Seven, Down, Over, ABQ," which is a foreshadowing of the plane crash at the end of the season.
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