My apologies if this already has been discussed - but I've been wondering why the "TV Land" showings differ, sometimes rather significantly, from the reruns that aired prior to the "TV Land" era.


"It's gonna be Moses parting an oil spill in El Segundo."

Originally posted by mooseface
My apologies if this already has been discussed - but I've been wondering why the "TV Land" showings differ, sometimes rather significantly, from the reruns that aired prior to the "TV Land" era.


"It's gonna be Moses parting an oil spill in El Segundo."


I guess because TV LAND is showing eps to a larger audience so the have to cut out certain words and scenes. Now my local UPN station leftthe words in and scenes that TV LAND cut out because they are showing eps to a much smaller audience.

But why would the size of the audience matter?

As I recall, the reruns shown on the UPN were the same as the original NBC episodes. The TV LAND eps, however, are sometimes quite different that the UPN. And, as I recall, neither the scenes cut from the UPN eps nor the footage added to the TV LAND eps
weren't any more "objectionable" than each other...

Originally posted by mooseface
But why would the size of audience matter?

As I recall, the reruns shown on the UPN were the same as the original NBC episodes. The TV LAND eps, however, are sometimes quite different that the UPN.


Well I guess TV LAND has to be more politically correct since more viewers are watching. Sanford and Son on UPN here in Phladelphia was on at 4am so they were able to leave in the N-word and other controversial scenes

Yeah - that makes sense. Like the traffic court scene where Fred says "there's enough N's in here to make a tarzan movie."

Originally posted by mooseface
Yeah - that makes sense. Like the traffic court scene where Fred says "there's enough N's in here to make a tarzan movie."


Yup. The UPN version of Traffic Court has the scene when FRed says there enough N's in here to make a tarzan movie.

Originally posted by Sitcom Analyzer
Yup. The UPN version of Traffic Court has the scene when FRed says there enough N's in here to make a tarzan movie.

And the ep where Esther calls Big Money Grip a "N" when he claims to be Lamont's father - that part is missing from TV LAND as well.


"Do I look like something that just walked out of Esquire?"
"No - you look like something that just got kicked out of El Segundo."

Originally posted by mooseface
And the ep where Esther calls Big Money Grip a "N" when he claims to be Lamont's father - that part is missing from TV LAND as well.


"Do I look like something that just walked out of Esquire?"
"No - you look like something that just got kicked out of El Segundo."


On TV Land, Esther says SUCKER instead of the N-Word

Also the episode where Fred comes home from St. Louis. He does that cheer for Rollo....."Sis Bam Boom....someone get this
N.....out my room."

Originally posted by glenny
Also the episode where Fred comes home from St. Louis. He does that cheer for Rollo....."Sis Bam Boom....someone get this
N.....out my room."


Yeah UPN kept that scene in also.