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Are there any shows that got abruptly cancelled because the government didn't like something they said or did? (lemmy.world)
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Not because of the acting or even the political beliefs of the actors, but because something that was said in front of the camera offended a government agent who got the show axed.

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[–] WoolyNelson@lemmy.world -4 points 10 months ago

Personally, I am lazy. I'm not looking it up

If this happened in the United States, your best bets are searching around 2001 (iirc, Bill Maher's show at the time might fit your parameters; a revival of Sondheim's "Assassins" was nixed around that time as well) and the early-mid 1950s (around the McCarthy Hearings).