With the current wave of nostalgia we’re all feeling for the ’90s, it’s easy to forget some of the from the decade. Throughout the decade, television shows sparked public debate about what topics should or shouldn’t be shown on TV.
Take for example Beavis and Butt-Head, which was blamed for house fires after the show allegedly made playing with fire look cool. Then, there were the episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that were pulled in the aftermath of the Columbine shootings. Whether it was violence or social taboos, ’90s TV had
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Fox Yanked An Episode Of ‘The X-Files’ From The Airwaves After Viewer Complaints
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Several Affiliate Stations Refused To Air The Premiere Of ‘NYPD Blue’
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Two Episodes Of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Were Postponed Due To The Columbine Massacre
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‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Was Blamed For A Deadly Fire Started By A 5-Year-Old
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‘The Jenny Jones Show’ Came Under Fire Following The Murder Of A Guest On The Program
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‘Pokémon Shock’ Caused More Than 600 People To Suffer Seizure-Like Symptoms
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A Same-Sex Kiss On ‘Roseanne’ Almost Didn’t Air
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‘Ellen’ Suffered Backlash Over The ‘Coming Out’ Episode
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Viewers Were Outraged By ‘The Puerto Rican Day’ Episode of ‘Seinfeld’
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