Netflix Removes ‘W/Bob & David’ Episode That Features Blackface

AMC’s Mad Men will appear across all streaming platforms later in the month, even an episode in which a character wears blackface. This Wednesday, Lionsgate dropped a statement in which they explained their decision not to eliminate one of Season 3’s episodes, “My Old Kentucky Home,” despite the recent removal of similar episodes from other series like Scrubs, Community, and 30 Rock.

Peep Show scene involving blackface from its platform as a number of shows re-evaluate their content.The death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis last month has sparked global anti-racism protests, and, in the wake of this, the entertainment world has been removing controversial scenes and episodes over problematic content.A Peep Show moment that involves Jeremy (played by Robert Webb) wearing blackface has now been taken off the Netflix edit of the Channel 4 series.

Brandon Choe Photo EditorHulu has removed an episode of The Golden Girls containing a scene of characters in blackface with a request from the classic series’ distributor, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, sources tell Deadline.The episode titled “Mixed Feelings” airing in 1988 is the 23rd episode in the third season of the sitcom. In the episode, Michael, played by Scott Jacoby, plans to marry an older Black woman, Lorraine, played by Rosalind Cash.

Scrubs is the latest series to divest itself of racially insensitive episodes. Deadline reports that Hulu has removed three episodes from its site which feature characters in blackface. The episodes in question are titled "My Fifteen Seconds" from Season 3 and "My Jiggly Ball" and "My Chopped Liver" from Season 5.

.The episodes in question are “My Fifteen Seconds” (season 3, episode 7), “My Jiggly Ball” (season 5, episode 4) and “My Chopped Liver” (season 5, episode 17).

Will Thorne Staff WriterHulu has removed three episodes of “Scrubs” which featured characters in blackface, following a request by the show’s creator Bill Lawrence and ABC Studios, sources have confirmed to Variety.The episodes in question are “My Fifteen Seconds” (season 3, episode 7), “My Jiggly Ball” (season 5, episode 4) and “My Chopped Liver” (season 5, episode 17).

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.

Numerous episodes of 30 Rock will soon leave all streaming platforms if they haven't already. The episodes in question feature characters in blackface, and at the request of creator Tina Fey and NBC Universal, the four episodes will soon be unavailable to stream or buy.

NEW YORK -- At the request of co-creator Tina Fey, four episodes of the comedy “30 Rock” are being removed from circulation because they featured characters performing in blackface. The series aired on NBC from 2006 to 2013, but episodes are still being shown in television syndication and on streaming services including Hulu, Amazon Prime, iTunes and Peacock.

Streaming services have pulled four episodes of “30 Rock” that involved Blackface.

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.

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.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorNetflix has taken down an episode of W/Bob and David, its 2015 series starring the Mr. Show duo of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, over a sketch that showed Cross in blackface, Deadline has confirmed.Titled “Know Your Rights,” the sketch featured Cross as Gilvin Daughtry, the leader of Citizens Against Unlawful Abuse!, who stops at a DUI checkpoint and interacts with an affable policeman played by Keegan-Michael Key.