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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}|Bowdlerization]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* [[In-Universe]] example of the ''[[Studio C]]'' sketch ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pn0n_-rM4E Protecting the Innocent]'' in which certain words are used as a cypher for other words. E.g. "Fairy" means "gun"
* The [[Very Special Episode]] of ''[[Family Matters]]'' in which Laura causes racial tension at her school after suggesting that black history be taught along with white history usually cuts to commercial before the audience can see that someone has spray-painted "NIGGER" on Laura's locker (once upon a time, there was a TV channel that showed it uncut in reruns, but it hasn't been seen since). With this scene gone, it looks as if Carl is mad at the kids in school putting the note in her locker that read, "If you love black history so much, why don't you go back to Africa?"
* Some rebroadcasts of ''[[Phyllis]]'' on TV Land / [[Nick at Nite]] cut out the first few minutes of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8--8V7bVeI the opening sequence] and starts the credits instead with the title superimposed on the scene at Fisherman's Wharf.
* [[The BBC|BBC Kids]] (at least in Canada) has shown episodes of ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' with heavy edits. One particular episode, "Holoship," had virtually the entire middle of the episode removed, as the episode dealt largely with a main character's romancing a fellow hologram, making the resulting plot unintelligible. (They pretty much had to cut the bits where {{spoiler|the female hologram showed off her superhuman sexual abilities}}. Not to mention the fact the crew boasted of having sex as part of their daily routine.)
** Note that BBC Kids, like BBC America, is only part-owned by [[The BBC]]. Their relationship to the BBC proper is similar to that of the various UKTV channels in the United Kingdom. They should under no circumstances be mistaken for real BBC channels.
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* When ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' made its debut on [[Channel 4]] in the UK, it was shown on Saturday afternoons at 5:30 with the pilot in an hour-long slot; this likely tipped off fans that something was up, as the pilot lasts 70 minutes without commercials (admittedly there is an edited version for syndication in a standard hour-long length, but the series is still not designed for teatime viewing with the family). Indeed, the series did have to be cut for the slot, and was let go by the channel.
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