Netflix Pulls ‘W/Bob & David’ Episode Over Blackface Sketch

David Foster has had the happiest year of his life as Katharine McPhee’s husband.“We’re doing great,” the star of David Foster: Off the Record exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.Since tying the knot, the couple — who celebrated their first wedding anniversary on Sunday, June 28 — have proven to have an unbreakable connection, and Foster, 70, credits that to their deep conversations.

Also Read: 3 'Scrubs' Episodes Featuring Blackface Pulled From Streaming (Exclusive)Although it’s all a big misunderstanding, Hulu removed the episode.The removal of the episode of “The Golden Girls” comes after a week in which Hollywood has taken a hard look at its content library and has been removing culturally insensitive episodes of old TV shows that feature jokes in which white characters appear in blackface.Hulu earlier this week removed three episodes of “Scrubs” at the request of the

The Office and Community are among the latest shows to re-evaluate their content and alter episodes over the use of blackface.Since the murder of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25 and the global protests that followed, the entertainment industry has begun to remove scenes and episodes due to problematic content.In the case of The Office, a scene has been removed from season nine episode ‘Dwight Christmas’, which sees Dwight Schrute (played by Rainn Wilson) sharing the

Will Thorne Staff WriterA scene from “The Office” in which a character appears in blackface has been edited out, Variety has confirmed.The show’s creator Greg Daniels issued the following statement regarding the scene from the 2012 episode “Dwight Christmas.”“‘The Office’ is about a group of people trying to work together with mutual respect despite the inappropriate actions of their boss and assistant manager,” said Daniels.

tweeted that an effort to remove offensive episodes of the show was in the works. Reps for Lawrence did not immediately return TheWrap’s request for comment.Also Read: Tina Fey Pulls 4 '30 Rock' Episodes From Circulation, Apologizes for Blackface UseThe decision comes days after four episodes of “30 Rock” were also removed from streaming and syndication due to their content.

Steve Carell played the iconic Michael Scott on The Office and now, fans are being clued in on who almost won the role: Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad star Bob Odenkirk!

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter“Better Call Saul” series stars Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Tony Dalton and Michael Mando and co-creator and executive producer Peter Gould will participate in an exclusive Q&A following a screening of the season finale on July 7 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m.

Megyn Kelly is speaking out almost two years after NBC cancelled her show, “Megyn Kelly Today”, following her controversial blackface comments. The 49-year-old journalist took to Twitter on Tuesday to seemingly throw some shade at the network after news broke that Tina Fey had requested for NBC to pull blackface episodes of her sitcom, “30 Rock”, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and increasing calls for racial justice across the country.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticIf you thought you knew where things were going on Better Call Saul, the most recent season of the Breaking Bad prequel of sorts throws all bets up in the air.“The mystery at the start of the show was who is Saul Goodman?” Bob Odenkirk said of where the acclaimed AMC series has been and is going.

not by taking the summer off from “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”That’s the coward’s way out.Kimmel needs to apologize for the resurfaced blackface sketches that aired during his days on Comedy Central’s “The Man Show” (1999-2004), which included him playing NBA star Karl Malone and a parody of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” called “Oprah Jimfrey.” You can only imagine.

Also Read: Netflix Pulls Episode of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross's 2015 Comedy Show Over Blackface SketchThe 10-episode series, which Wheeler and Miller adapted themselves, is set to debut on July 17.Daniel Sharman, Matt Stokoe, Lily Newmark, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Emily Coates, Billy Jenkins, Bella Dayne and Peter Mullan also star. Executive producers are Wheeler, Miller and Leila Gerstein.

Netflix comedy sketch show W/ Bob & David has been removed from the streaming platform due to the use of blackface.The show ran for one four-episode season, and the episode in question, episode three, sees Cross in blackface in a sketch called ‘Know Your Rights’.Cross flagged the upcoming removal on Twitter on Monday (June 15), saying: “The point of this was to underscore the absurdity.”Odenkirk added his own comments: “We considered every choice we made doing our show, and always aimed to make

Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are speaking out after Netflix pulled an episode of their 2015 series,, that features Cross in blackface. Titled «Know Your Rights,» the episode is the third in the series and depicts an interaction between a police officer and someone stopped at a DUI checkpoint.

Netflix is making some changes to the “W/Bob & David” episode lineup.

he wrote.Also Read: Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods' Has a Bonus Scene After the CreditsOdenkirk replied, “We considered every choice we made doing our show, and always aimed to make you laugh and think, and never make an obvious or easy point…that very much includes this sketch.

https://t.co/JkMBWS2wAR— david cross✍ (@davidcrosss) June 15, 2020Odenkirk also commented on Netflix’s decision and defended the sketch via Twitter, saying that the duo’s show was “never about making a political point.”“We considered every choice we made doing our show, and always aimed to make you laugh and think, and never make an obvious or easy point…that very much includes this sketch.

Will Thorne Staff WriterNetflix has pulled an episode of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross’ 2015 comedy show “W/Bob and David” because of a scene featuring Cross in blackface.The sketch in question is called “Know Your Rights” and appeared in the third episode of the show’s first and only season.

Netflix chiefs have pulled four of Australian comedian Chris Lilley’s shows due to their inclusion of blackface or racially insensitive characters. Earlier this week, BBC and Netflix executives pulled British TV comedy Little Britain from online streaming platforms following the Black Lives Matter protests that have spread across the world since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minnesota on 25 May.