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WWE is a US wrestling organisation that is known for outrageous but entertaining hype. In addition to the wrestling it shows feature theatrical beatings and the like that are not shy of showing a little blood.

Netflix recently took to screening WWE programming and agreed censorship rules with WWE to censor (or no doubt to get some ideas not to get written into the script in the first place).

Nethertheless the censorship rules are being noticed by wrestling fans seeing some diminished fun in the proceedings. An example is Netflix's recent censorship of Monday Night Raw .

WWE made the decision to tape this week's Monday Night Raw which opened with angle of hype that saw Royce Keys and OTM attack The Usos in the parking lot, leaving them a bloody mess.

Unfortunately for the angle, and WWE for that matter, Netflix made the call to censor the segment heavily. Not only did it negate the angle's impact, but it also drew heavy criticism from the WWE Universe online. Shortly after Raw went off the air on Monday, Triple H took to social media to post the segment in its entirety, uncensored.

See a video of that uncensored segment in an article from si.com

Starting July 1st, the classic and iconoclastic comedy series South Park may finally have one streaming home following years of a divided catalog and many millions of dollars in legal fees. Paramount appears ready to consolidate the catalog of their most prized comedy property on Paramount+, starting 1st July

However entertainment critic ArtieReviews reported that American subscribers will find that a dozen additional episodes have been added to the infamous South Park ban list.

Even with all the corporate acrimony between South Park's two streaming homes over the last five years, fans with deep pockets have still been able to stream almost every episode of South Park so long as they had subscriptions to both Max and Paramount+. The only banned South Park episodes that are currently unavailable to stream through any legal means are Super Best Friends, Cartoon Wars Parts I and II, 200 and 201 , all of which featured depictions of the religious character Mohammed.

While ArtieReviews' ban list is yet-unconfirmed by Paramount itself, all of the episodes he listed are entries in the South Park catalog that are unavailable to stream on Paramount+ in non-U.S. markets where the company has retained full streaming control. Once Paramount Global regains a complete South Park streaming catalog, ArtieReviews believes that they will institute their international ban list.

The likely list of banned titles is:

• Season 1 Episode 4: Big Gay Al's Big Boat Ride
• Season 2 Episode 1: Terrance And Phillip In Not Without My Anus
• Season 4 Episode 14: Pip/Great Expectations
• Season 5 Episode 3: Super Best Friends
• Season 6 Episode 2: Jared Has Aides
• Season 6 Episode 7: Simpsons Did It
• Season 7 Episode 1: Cancelled
• Season 8 Episode 3: Passion Of The Jew
• Season 8 Episode 4: You Got F'd In The A
• Season 9 Episode 8: Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow
• Season 9 Episode 12: Trapped In The Closet
• Season 10 Episode 3/4 Cartoon Wars 1/2
• Season 14 Episode 5/6 200/201
• Season 16 Episode 4 Jewpacabra
• Season 17 Episode 6 Ginger Cow

Ofcom has fined GB News Limited for breaching the special impartiality requirements in the programme People's Forum: The Prime Minist er broadcast on 12 February 2024. Ofcom writes:

The programme featured the then Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, in a question-and-answer session with a studio audience about the Government's policies and performance. Our Breach Decision published on 20 May 2024 found this programme failed to maintain due impartiality on a matter of major political controversy and a major matter of current public policy, and due impartiality was not preserved through clearly linked and timely programmes, in breach of Rules 5.11 and 5.12 of the Broadcasting Code .

Given the seriousness and repeated nature of the breach of these rules, Ofcom has imposed a financial penalty of 2£100,000 on GB News Limited and also directed the Licensee to broadcast a statement of our findings in this case, on a date and in a form to be determined by Ofcom.

GB News is challenging the Breach Decision by judicial review, which we are defending. Ofcom will not enforce this sanction decision until those proceedings are concluded.

A new ITV comedy show titled Piglets has raised the heckles of the police.

The new series, which is set to start airing on July 20, follows the experiences of a group of trainee officers as they start prepping to join the police force.

The Police Federation issued a statement hitting out at the name of the series, with the Acting Chair calling it disgusting. Tiffany Lynch, Acting National Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said:

The new ITV show titled Piglets is highly offensive to police officers risking their lives to protect the public every day by providing an emergency service. It is a disgusting choice of language to use for the title of a TV programme. Our colleagues are working hard and keeping people safe under relentless negative pressure at the moment, insulting our new in service officers is unhelpful.

We should not be put at further risk for viewing numbers, our officers deserve respect, not humiliation for the job they are undertaking. It is actually incredibly dangerous to incite more negativity and misinformation against a public sector service that's already under so much pressure.

Despite the criticsim ITV has stood strong in their decision to air the series under the title Piglets, emphasizing that the show is fictional. A spokesperson told GB News:

Piglets is a fictional new comedy about a police training academy and the title is not intended to cause any offence, it's a comedic and endearing play on words to emphasise the innocence and youth of our young trainees.

The Police Federation have made clear that they intend to reach out to Ofcom and make an official complaint about the comedy show.