# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 490
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9781 "2025-12-27T13:17:03Z")
> [@](#): > > **Shows with LGBT Protagonists** 1. Pluribus 2. Will & Grace 3. The Legend of Korra 4. Ellen 5. Modern Family ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9782 "2025-12-27T14:04:00Z")
**Shows with LGBT Protagonists** 1. Pluribus 2. Will & Grace 3. The Legend of Korra 4. Ellen 5. Modern Family 6. Transparent ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9783 "2025-12-27T14:20:15Z")
**Shows with LGBT Protagonists** 1. Pluribus 2. Will & Grace 3. The Legend of Korra 4. Ellen 5. Modern Family 6. Transparent 7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9784 "2025-12-27T15:12:44Z")
**Shows with LGBT Protagonists** 1. Pluribus 2. Will & Grace 3. The Legend of Korra 4. Ellen 5. Modern Family 6. Transparent 7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 8. Interview with the Vampire ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9785 "2025-12-27T15:27:23Z")
**Shows with LGBT Protagonists** 1. Pluribus 2. Will & Grace 3. The Legend of Korra 4. Ellen 5. Modern Family 6. Transparent 7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 8. Interview with the Vampire 9. Stranger Things ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9786 "2025-12-28T05:55:53Z")
**Shows with LGBT Protagonists** 1. Pluribus 2. Will & Grace 3. The Legend of Korra 4. Ellen 5. Modern Family 6. Transparent 7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 8. Interview with the Vampire 9. Stranger Things 10. Star Trek: Discovery Pass. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9787 "2025-12-28T14:36:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Pass. **Very Special Episodes** 1. _Diff’rent Strokes_ covers pedophilia and stranger danger: S5E16-17: “The Bicycle Man” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9788 "2025-12-28T22:13:56Z")
**Very Special Episodes** 1. _Diff’rent Strokes_ covers pedophilia and stranger danger: S5E16-17: “The Bicycle Man” 2. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ dealt with a similar situation involving the real-life tragedy at a concert by The Who (“In concert”, S2E19) ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9789 "2025-12-28T22:23:32Z")
- _Diff’rent Strokes_ covers pedophilia and stranger danger: S5E16-17: “The Bicycle Man” - _WKRP in Cincinnati_ dealt with a similar situation involving the real-life tragedy at a concert by The Who (“In concert”, S2E19) - _Bravestarr_, a 1980s Space Western after-school cartoon, had the episode “The Price”, in which a roughly 12-year-old boy died after falling victim to a local epidemic of addiction to a fictional drug. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9790 "2025-12-29T00:20:33Z")
**Very Special Episodes** 1. _Diff’rent Strokes_ covers pedophilia and stranger danger: S5E16-17: “The Bicycle Man” 2. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ dealt with a similar situation involving the real-life tragedy at a concert by The Who (“In concert”, S2E19) 3. _Bravestarr_, a 1980s Space Western after-school cartoon, had the episode “The Price”, in which a roughly 12-year-old boy died after falling victim to a local epidemic of addiction to a fictional drug. 4. _Mr. Belvedere_ had an episode called “Wesley’s Friend” in which a boy is kicked out of school after contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9791 "2025-12-29T03:58:09Z")
**Very Special Episodes** 1. _Diff’rent Strokes_ covers pedophilia and stranger danger: S5E16-17: “The Bicycle Man” 2. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ dealt with a similar situation involving the real-life tragedy at a concert by The Who (“In concert”, S2E19) 3. _Bravestarr_, a 1980s Space Western after-school cartoon, had the episode “The Price”, in which a roughly 12-year-old boy died after falling victim to a local epidemic of addiction to a fictional drug. 4. _Mr. Belvedere_ had an episode called “Wesley’s Friend” in which a boy is kicked out of school after contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion. 5. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ had “The Outcast,” which was promoted as dealing bravely with LGBTQ issues at the time (1992), but is considered by most to have been a timid missed opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9792 "2025-12-29T16:55:23Z")
**Very Special Episodes** 1. _Diff’rent Strokes_ covers pedophilia and stranger danger: S5E16-17: “The Bicycle Man” 2. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ dealt with a similar situation involving the real-life tragedy at a concert by The Who (“In concert”, S2E19) 3. _Bravestarr_, a 1980s Space Western after-school cartoon, had the episode “The Price”, in which a roughly 12-year-old boy died after falling victim to a local epidemic of addiction to a fictional drug. 4. _Mr. Belvedere_ had an episode called “Wesley’s Friend” in which a boy is kicked out of school after contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion. 5. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ had “The Outcast,” which was promoted as dealing bravely with LGBTQ issues at the time (1992), but is considered by most to have been a timid missed opportunity. 6. _The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air_ had an episode where Will and Carlton are driving in a Mercedes-Benz, with the consent of a family friend who owns it, are stopped in their way to Palm Springs and detained by racist white cops who accuse the pair of being car thieves (S1E6: “Mistaken Identity”). ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9793 "2025-12-29T17:23:01Z")
**Very Special Episodes** 1. _Diff’rent Strokes_ covers pedophilia and stranger danger: S5E16-17: “The Bicycle Man” 2. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ dealt with a similar situation involving the real-life tragedy at a concert by The Who (“In concert”, S2E19) 3. _Bravestarr_, a 1980s Space Western after-school cartoon, had the episode “The Price”, in which a roughly 12-year-old boy died after falling victim to a local epidemic of addiction to a fictional drug. 4. _Mr. Belvedere_ had an episode called “Wesley’s Friend” in which a boy is kicked out of school after contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion. 5. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ had “The Outcast,” which was promoted as dealing bravely with LGBTQ issues at the time (1992), but is considered by most to have been a timid missed opportunity. 6. _The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air_ had an episode where Will and Carlton are driving in a Mercedes-Benz, with the consent of a family friend who owns it, are stopped in their way to Palm Springs and detained by racist white cops who accuse the pair of being car thieves (S1E6: “Mistaken Identity”). 7. _The Fact of Life_ - in the episode “Breaking Point,” Blair loses the school presidential election to another classmate who then commits suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9794 "2025-12-29T18:02:02Z")
**Very Special Episodes** 1. _Diff’rent Strokes_ covers pedophilia and stranger danger: S5E16-17: “The Bicycle Man” 2. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ dealt with a similar situation involving the real-life tragedy at a concert by The Who (“In concert”, S2E19) 3. _Bravestarr_, a 1980s Space Western after-school cartoon, had the episode “The Price”, in which a roughly 12-year-old boy died after falling victim to a local epidemic of addiction to a fictional drug. 4. _Mr. Belvedere_ had an episode called “Wesley’s Friend” in which a boy is kicked out of school after contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion. 5. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ had “The Outcast,” which was promoted as dealing bravely with LGBTQ issues at the time (1992), but is considered by most to have been a timid missed opportunity. 6. _The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air_ had an episode where Will and Carlton are driving in a Mercedes-Benz, with the consent of a family friend who owns it, are stopped in their way to Palm Springs and detained by racist white cops who accuse the pair of being car thieves (S1E6: “Mistaken Identity”). 7. _The Facts of Life_ - in the episode “Breaking Point,” Blair loses the school presidential election to another classmate who then commits suicide. 8. _Family Ties_ had the two-part “A, My Name is Alex,” where Alex is in a therapy session dealing with the death of his friend in a car crash and his resulting survivor’s guilt. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9795 "2025-12-29T19:12:44Z")
**Very Special Episodes** 1. _Diff’rent Strokes_ covers pedophilia and stranger danger: S5E16-17: “The Bicycle Man” 2. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ dealt with a similar situation involving the real-life tragedy at a concert by The Who (“In concert”, S2E19) 3. _Bravestarr_, a 1980s Space Western after-school cartoon, had the episode “The Price”, in which a roughly 12-year-old boy died after falling victim to a local epidemic of addiction to a fictional drug. 4. _Mr. Belvedere_ had an episode called “Wesley’s Friend” in which a boy is kicked out of school after contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion. 5. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ had “The Outcast,” which was promoted as dealing bravely with LGBTQ issues at the time (1992), but is considered by most to have been a timid missed opportunity. 6. _The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air_ had an episode where Will and Carlton are driving in a Mercedes-Benz, with the consent of a family friend who owns it, are stopped in their way to Palm Springs and detained by racist white cops who accuse the pair of being car thieves (S1E6: “Mistaken Identity”). 7. _The Facts of Life_ - in the episode “Breaking Point,” Blair loses the school presidential election to another classmate who then commits suicide. 8. _Family Ties_ had the two-part “A, My Name is Alex,” where Alex is in a therapy session dealing with the death of his friend in a car crash and his resulting survivor’s guilt. 9. _All In The Family_:– the two-part episode in season 8 in which Mike and his friend Beverly are attacked in the subway. Mike sustains minor injuries, but Beverly is beaten to death with a pipe. It was understood the attack was an act of anti-gay violence and the atttackers were motivated by hatred towards Beverly’s non-conformity as a female impersonator, and her senseless death caused Edith to question her faith in God _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9796 "2025-12-29T21:18:56Z")
> [@](#): > > **Very Special Episodes** 1. _Diff’rent Strokes_ covers pedophilia and stranger danger: S5E16-17: “The Bicycle Man” 2. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ dealt with a similar situation involving the real-life tragedy at a concert by The Who (“In concert”, S2E19) 3. _Bravestarr_, a 1980s Space Western after-school cartoon, had the episode “The Price”, in which a roughly 12-year-old boy died after falling victim to a local epidemic of addiction to a fictional drug. 4. _Mr. Belvedere_ had an episode called “Wesley’s Friend” in which a boy is kicked out of school after contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion. 5. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ had “The Outcast,” which was promoted as dealing bravely with LGBTQ issues at the time (1992), but is considered by most to have been a timid missed opportunity. 6. _The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air_ had an episode where Will and Carlton are driving in a Mercedes-Benz, with the consent of a family friend who owns it, are stopped in their way to Palm Springs and detained by racist white cops who accuse the pair of being car thieves (S1E6: “Mistaken Identity”). 7. _The Facts of Life_ - in the episode “Breaking Point,” Blair loses the school presidential election to another classmate who then commits suicide. 8. _Family Ties_ had the two-part “A, My Name is Alex,” where Alex is in a therapy session dealing with the death of his friend in a car crash and his resulting survivor’s guilt. 9. _All In The Family_:– the two-part episode in season 8 in which Mike and his friend Beverly are attacked in the subway. Mike sustains minor injuries, but Beverly is beaten to death with a pipe. It was understood the attack was an act of anti-gay violence and the atttackers were motivated by hatred towards Beverly’s non-conformity as a female impersonator, and her senseless death caused Edith to question her faith in God 10. “Jessie’s Song” _Saved by the Bell_ In an attempt to salvage a script that got censored, Jessie becomes addicted to caffeine pills. In a pivotal scene where another character tries to save her from herself, and throw out the pills, and she becomes hysterical and screams that she needs them, instead of just grabbing her purse and saying “fine, I’ll go to Walmart and get some more for $2,” you realize the script was originally supposed to be about coke, or amphetamines, or something. Yippie-ki-yay, Mr. Falcon. **Censorship! examples either of movies censored for TV, or TV shows that were censored** 1. When _Eddie and the Cruisers_\* was edited for TV, you couldn’t say “Hell” at a certain time of day, so to make the print safe at any time, they edited out the word “Hell” with silence. Including all the 100, or whatever, times the group’s album, _A Season in Hell_ was mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9797 "2025-12-29T21:32:03Z")
**Censorship! examples either of movies censored for TV, or TV shows that were censored** 1. When _Eddie and the Cruisers_\* was edited for TV, you couldn’t say “Hell” at a certain time of day, so to make the print safe at any time, they edited out the word “Hell” with silence. Including all the 100, or whatever, times the group’s album, _A Season in Hell_ was mentioned. 2. In _The Big Lebowski_, John Goodman’s line “See what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass” was changed for TV to the head-scratchingly odd “See what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9798 "2025-12-30T00:58:36Z")
**Censorship! examples either of movies censored for TV, or TV shows that were censored** 1. When _Eddie and the Cruisers_\* was edited for TV, you couldn’t say “Hell” at a certain time of day, so to make the print safe at any time, they edited out the word “Hell” with silence. Including all the 100, or whatever, times the group’s album, _A Season in Hell_ was mentioned. 2. In _The Big Lebowski_, John Goodman’s line “See what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass” was changed for TV to the head-scratchingly odd “See what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps.” 3. In _Happy Gilmore_ Shooter McGavin tries to intimidate Happy by saying, “I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast”, to which Happy mimics with his reply— here’s it altered for TV— “You eat pieces of **crud** for breakfast?” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9799 "2025-12-30T01:26:59Z")
**Censorship! examples either of movies censored for TV, or TV shows that were censored** 1. When _Eddie and the Cruisers_\* was edited for TV, you couldn’t say “Hell” at a certain time of day, so to make the print safe at any time, they edited out the word “Hell” with silence. Including all the 100, or whatever, times the group’s album, _A Season in Hell_ was mentioned. 2. In _The Big Lebowski_, John Goodman’s line “See what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass” was changed for TV to the head-scratchingly odd “See what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps.” 3. In _Happy Gilmore_ Shooter McGavin tries to intimidate Happy by saying, “I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast”, to which Happy mimics with his reply— here’s it altered for TV— “You eat pieces of **crud** for breakfast?” 4. Four episodes of the original _Star Trek_ – “Miri,” “Plato’s Stepchildren,” “Whom Gods Destroy,” and “The Empath” – were pulled from airing by the BBC due to their “adult” content (torture, sexuality, insanity, etc.), through the 1970s and 1980s, as the BBC felt that the content was inappropriate for juvenile viewers of the series. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9800 "2025-12-30T01:46:49Z")
**Censorship! examples either of movies censored for TV, or TV shows that were censored** 1. When _Eddie and the Cruisers_\* was edited for TV, you couldn’t say “Hell” at a certain time of day, so to make the print safe at any time, they edited out the word “Hell” with silence. Including all the 100, or whatever, times the group’s album, _A Season in Hell_ was mentioned. 2. In _The Big Lebowski_, John Goodman’s line “See what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass” was changed for TV to the head-scratchingly odd “See what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps.” 3. In _Happy Gilmore_ Shooter McGavin tries to intimidate Happy by saying, “I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast”, to which Happy mimics with his reply— here’s it altered for TV— “You eat pieces of **crud** for breakfast?” 4. Four episodes of the original _Star Trek_ – “Miri,” “Plato’s Stepchildren,” “Whom Gods Destroy,” and “The Empath” – were pulled from airing by the BBC due to their “adult” content (torture, sexuality, insanity, etc.), through the 1970s and 1980s, as the BBC felt that the content was inappropriate for juvenile viewers of the series. 5. When _Blazing Saddles_ was first shown on broadcast television, the sound of whinnying horses was played over the campfire “beans” scene. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=489) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=491)