TV on DVD: November 9, 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, BBC, Cable, Showtime, TNT-HD, DVD,

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday:

• The Boondocks (Season 3)
• Californication (Season 3)
• Doctor Who (Series 5)
• The Golden Girls (25th Anniversary) (Complete Collection)
• Men of a Certain Age (Season 1)
• Metalocalypse (Season 3)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Limited Edition) (Vol. XIX)
• Lie to Me (Season 2)
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (Complete Series)
• Sherlock (Season 1)
• Whale Wars (Season 3)

Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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Cartoon Smoking Censored

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Kids,

  Cartoon fans, take note.  Your beloved characters are not safe from the Smoking Police—- not even abroad.

Due to a complaint from one viewer, a British TV channel has resorted to censoring their cartoons.  The two Tom and Jerry episodes in question involved incidents of tobacco usage.  Those scenes—more than 50 years old—are now on the cutting room floor.  Additionally, the Boomerang Children’s channel has decided to go through their entire library to rid all their ‘toons of ‘glamorized’ smoking.  Other affected cartoons could include The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Scooby-Doo. 

Seriously—they might as well drop Scooby-Doo altogether.  Once they edit out all the van scenes, there won’t be much of a plot left.

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