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* Any HBO show (other than ''[[Big Love]]'') could be accused of this.
* Any HBO show (other than ''[[Big Love]]'') could be accused of this.
** ''[[Deadwood]]'' is a particularly strange example, as it features characters using modern obscenities in a setting where "God dammit to Hell" was still shockingly profane. The producers were well aware of this and decided to use anachronistic dialogue anyway, reasoning that historically-accurate dialogue [[Viewers are Morons|would sound]] [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|too tame]]. After all, the real Deadwood was home to many a miner, and they weren't known for their restraint as far as language, so the [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F Bombs]] ''are'' accurate... from a certain point of view. In the words of Geoffrey Nunberg: "If you have your characters use historically accurate swearwords, they're apt to sound no more offensive than [[Curse of the Ancients|your grandmother in a mild snit.]]"
** ''[[Deadwood]]'' is a particularly strange example, as it features characters using modern obscenities in a setting where "God dammit to Hell" was still shockingly profane. The producers were well aware of this and decided to use anachronistic dialogue anyway, reasoning that historically-accurate dialogue [[Viewers are Morons|would sound]] [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|too tame]]. After all, the real Deadwood was home to many a miner, and they weren't known for their restraint as far as language, so the [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F Bombs]] ''are'' accurate... from a certain point of view. In the words of Geoffrey Nunberg: "If you have your characters use historically accurate swearwords, they're apt to sound no more offensive than [[Curse of the Ancients|your grandmother in a mild snit.]]"
** ''[[The Wire]]'', which usually uses profanity regularly but not to ridiculous degrees, features a particularly brilliant example: an entire three minutes and thirty seconds of two detectives, Bunk and McNulty examining a crime scene, the only words exchanged being variations on the f-word. It kind of has to be seen to be believed. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQbsnSVM1zM&feature=related Definitely NSFW]{{broken link}}.)
** ''[[The Wire]]'', which usually uses profanity regularly but not to ridiculous degrees, features a particularly brilliant example: an entire three minutes and thirty seconds of two detectives, Bunk and McNulty examining a crime scene, the only words exchanged being variations on the f-word. It kind of has to be seen to be believed. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150307140709/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQbsnSVM1zM&feature=related Definitely NSFW].)
*** The best part about that particular scene is that it doesn't even seem out of character for a second.
*** The best part about that particular scene is that it doesn't even seem out of character for a second.
**** A [[Crowning Moment of Funny|CMOF]] in that scene has one of them almost say "shit", but it comes out "fuck".
**** A [[Crowning Moment of Funny|CMOF]] in that scene has one of them almost say "shit", but it comes out "fuck".
*** The show also subverts the trope with the character Omar, who despite being a total badass who walks around in a duster with a shotgun robbing drug dealers, is very conspicuous by being the only character on the show to never use even mild profanity.
*** The show also subverts the trope with the character Omar, who despite being a total badass who walks around in a duster with a shotgun robbing drug dealers, is very conspicuous by being the only character on the show to never use even mild profanity.
** ''[[The Sopranos]]'' uses that four-letter word regularly, too.
** ''[[The Sopranos]]'' uses that four-letter word regularly, too.
*** To the point where a [[Fully-Automatic Clip Show|compilation]] of every instance of "fuck" and "shit" in the show made a [http://victorsolomon.com/get-weird/sopranos-uncensored/ 27-minute video]{{broken link}}.
*** To the point where a [[Fully-Automatic Clip Show|compilation]] of every instance of "fuck" and "shit" in the show made a [https://web.archive.org/web/20131127060808/http://victorsolomon.com/get-weird/sopranos-uncensored/ 27-minute video].
*** And to the point that the punchline of one ''[[Mad TV]]'' skit about [[The Sopranos]] is a Cluster Cut-Off-Swear Bomb.
*** And to the point that the punchline of one ''[[Mad TV]]'' skit about [[The Sopranos]] is a Cluster Cut-Off-Swear Bomb.
** ''[[Rome]]'' adored this trope. "I FUCK [the goddess] Concord in her ''FAT ASS!!''" "Juno's CUNT!" And so forth.
** ''[[Rome]]'' adored this trope. "I FUCK [the goddess] Concord in her ''FAT ASS!!''" "Juno's CUNT!" And so forth.
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* Gordon f***ing Ramsay's ''[[Kitchen Nightmares]]'' contains so much swearing that in Australia there was a parliamentary inquiry into whether it was appropriate to air it at the [[Watershed]]-dubious time of 8:30PM.
* Gordon f***ing Ramsay's ''[[Kitchen Nightmares]]'' contains so much swearing that in Australia there was a parliamentary inquiry into whether it was appropriate to air it at the [[Watershed]]-dubious time of 8:30PM.
** And the ''[http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com Television Without Pity]'' reviews of the show have the "bleep-o-fucking-meter" to keep count. I believe the high for a single episode was around 50.
** And the ''[http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com Television Without Pity]'' reviews of the show have the "bleep-o-fucking-meter" to keep count. I believe the high for a single episode was around 50.
*** Only 50? A double length episode in the UK got [[Channel 4]] a [http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/obb/prog_cb/obb133/ wristslap]{{broken link}} from [[Media Watchdog|Ofcom]], as whilst the [[Watershed]] is 9 O'clock, that doesn't mean you can have '''115''' examples of "the most offensive language" in the first 40 minutes of a show starting at 9pm, it's supposed to be a bit more gradual than that.
*** Only 50? A double length episode in the UK got [[Channel 4]] a [https://web.archive.org/web/20100629121258/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/obb/prog_cb/obb133/ wristslap] from [[Media Watchdog|Ofcom]], as whilst the [[Watershed]] is 9 O'clock, that doesn't mean you can have '''115''' examples of "the most offensive language" in the first 40 minutes of a show starting at 9pm, it's supposed to be a bit more gradual than that.
** His confrontation with Secret Garden's Chef Michel is a fine [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABFvu4IFtBI&feature=related example].
** His confrontation with Secret Garden's Chef Michel is a fine [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABFvu4IFtBI&feature=related example].
** Also check out [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnw9KjwRrXo Sebastian].
** Also check out [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnw9KjwRrXo Sebastian].
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