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{{trope}}
[[File:notforcritics.jpg|link=Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|
So it's Friday, and you're considering seeing this new movie that has just Opened In Theaters Everywhere. Before you do, you grab a copy of today's newspaper, and turn to the movie section, looking for a review.
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Compare [[It's Not Supposed to Win Oscars]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* [[Seltzer and Friedberg]]'s spoofs ''Date Movie'', ''Epic Movie'', ''Meet the Spartans'' and ''Disaster Movie'' all fit this trope.
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** And no, that wasn't just his cover story. He actually bought up hundreds of copies of the source novel out of his own pocket, for the same reason.
*** [[It Was His Sled|Of course, now...]]
* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/24/ parodied this] when [[Kevin Smith]] went on to say that his movie ''Jersey Girl'' wasn't "for critics". In response, Gabe and Tycho created ''Twisp & Catsby'', an aristocratic cat and a demon (yes, respectively) who starred in [[Dada Comics|completely nonsensical adventures]], concluding the first strip with the panel above. In defense of Mr. Smith, the full quote (which is often forgotten) goes on to say that it wasn't "for critics", it was for his ''daughter'', the person he made the movie for, though the point stands that the target audience of a film does not make it immune from criticism.
** Ironically, Twisp & Catsby have become [[Ensemble Darkhorse|huge fan favourites]] and iconic characters of the comics.
* The 2008 comedy ''An American Carol'', about a [[Strawman Political|version]] of [[Michael Moore|a certain well-known leftist filmmaker]] being taught to appreciate America after being visited by three ghosts, went unscreened by critics, as its creators claimed it was too conservative for them to appreciate/approve of.
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* ''[[One Missed Call]]'', which ended up getting a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
== [[Live
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has at times not sent a DVD to reviewers, or omitted closing scenes. One interesting example was "Partners in Crime" from Series 4/Season 30, where the appearance of {{spoiler|Rose Tyler}} was removed from all the preview tapes and casting documents were altered to remove {{spoiler|[[Billie Piper]]}}.
** "The Stolen Earth" is a highly notable "Last Scene Withheld Until Transmission" one: {{spoiler|The "regeneration" bit was not on them}}.
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** In ''The End of Time'', Part One, the press copy was altered so it ended with {{spoiler|the six billion Masters laughing}}, and not with {{spoiler|the Time Lords}}. Part Two wasn't even shown to the press- the script for the final three scenes wasn't shown to most of the cast.
* The 2007/8 Writers' Strike meant that UK listing magazines couldn't review some [[CSI Verse]] episodes as they hadn't even aired in the US.
* The producers of ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* Teen and Children's shows are pretty much never shown to critics, which means unlike other genres, they can often keep a tight hold on any storylines when they choose to keep them secret.
** [[Dan Schneider]] has used this to his benefit on ''[[iCarly]]''. He managed to keep secret the cliffhanger ending to ''iOMG'' for what had to have been over a year by filming on a closed set with a minimum of cast and crew.
* Several car manufacturers have refused to lend the ''[[Top Gear]]'' team new cars to test. One of the most notable would be the City Rover, which still appeared on the show as James May went to the dealer for a test drive while wearing a hidden camera and microphone. It was, unsurprisingly, considered one of the worst cars they'd ever featured.▼
** A high contender would also be the American muscle car special, where the makers refused to loan the show a Dodge Challenger. They got around this obstacle by ''buying'' one, and Richard Hammond went on to give it an enthusiastic endorsement.▼
** It's alleged that the Dacia Sandero (a central European light SUV-type) was actually canceled for the UK market because ''[[Top Gear]]'' spent an entire series mocking it regularly. Ironically when he got to test-drive one during the Romanian special, James May loved it.▼
*** Also ironically, it had to be an abbreviated test because Clarkson and Hammond arranged to have the Sandero {{spoiler|smashed by a semi-truck}} hours after May got it.▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* Rednar, the public relations firm for Gearbox software, threatened this in light of negative reviews for [[Duke Nukem Forever]]. [[Laser-Guided Karma|Gearbox promptly fired them]].
▲* Several car manufacturers have refused to lend the ''[[Top Gear]]'' team new cars to test. One of the most notable would be the City Rover, which still appeared on the show as James May went to the dealer for a test drive while wearing a hidden camera and microphone. It was, unsurprisingly, considered one of the worst cars they'd ever featured.
▲** A high contender would also be the American muscle car special, where the makers refused to loan the show a Dodge Challenger. They got around this obstacle by ''buying'' one, and Richard Hammond went on to give it an enthusiastic endorsement.
▲** It's alleged that the Dacia Sandero (a central European light SUV-type) was actually canceled for the UK market because ''[[Top Gear]]'' spent an entire series mocking it regularly. Ironically when he got to test-drive one during the Romanian special, James May loved it.
▲*** Also ironically, it had to be an abbreviated test because Clarkson and Hammond arranged to have the Sandero {{spoiler|smashed by a semi-truck}} hours after May got it.
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