TV on DVD: October 28, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, NBC, Showtime, The CW, DVD

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• The 4400 (Complete Series)
• Affairs of the Heart (Series 1)
• Dark Shadows: The Beginning (Volume 6)
• The Donna Reed Show (Season 1)
• The Flintstones (Complete Series)
• Girlfriends (Season 5)
• Good Times (Complete Series)
• The L Word (Season 5)
• Mother and Son (Season 2)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (20th Anniversary Edition)
• NewsRadio (Complete Series)
• Sanford and Son (Complete Series)
• Sister, Sister (Season 1)
• War and Remembrance (Complete Mini-Series)

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Cartoon Smoking Censored

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Kids

  Cartoon fans, take note.  Your beloved characters are not safe from the Smoking Police—- not even abroad.

Due to a complaint from one viewer, a British TV channel has resorted to censoring their cartoons.  The two Tom and Jerry episodes in question involved incidents of tobacco usage.  Those scenes—more than 50 years old—are now on the cutting room floor.  Additionally, the Boomerang Children’s channel has decided to go through their entire library to rid all their ‘toons of ‘glamorized’ smoking.  Other affected cartoons could include The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Scooby-Doo. 

Seriously—they might as well drop Scooby-Doo altogether.  Once they edit out all the van scenes, there won’t be much of a plot left.

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