p858snake Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Fox Pulls Bones in Wake of College Massacre Fox Pulls Bones in Wake of College MassacreIn the wake of Monday's tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, Fox is taking no chances with its programming. The network made the decision to pull a new episode of Bones from its Wednesday lineup, fearing that the plotline, which centers on the discovery of human remains on a college campus, would strike too close to home. "Out of sensitivity to the victims and families touched by this senseless tragedy, we felt the change was appropriate," a Fox spokesperson told E! News. A Bones repeat will fill the gap in the schedule. In the episode originally scheduled to air Wednesday, Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) visit a college campus where the remains of the school's star basketball player have been found crushed underneath a set of courtside bleachers. After reconstructing the victim's skull, Brennan and Booth determine that he was dead before the bleachers fell on him. They then work to establish motives for his murder, interviewing individuals such as his girlfriend, his replacement on the team and his future basketball agent. Their search for answers reveals that the victim was caught up in a shady situation before his death and leads to questions about whether more than one person could have been involved in orchestrating his demise. Fox has not yet determined when the episode will air. Bones is the network's fourth-most watched scripted series (after House, 24 and Prison Break), and has averaged 9.2 million viewers to date this season. Fox announced in February that it had picked up the drama for a third season. Ironically, it's not the first time a show starring Boreanaz has been rescheduled in the wake of a deadly school shooting. Following the Columbine High School shootings in April 1999, the WB postponed two episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, fearing that scenes where students armed themselves with guns were inappropriate. One of the delayed episodes was the second half of the two-part season three finale, "Graduation Day," which was replaced with a rerun at the last minute, much to the dismay of the show's fans. After receiving thousands of letters demanding that the finale be aired, the WB finally complied on July 13, 1999?almost two months after the episode's original broadcast date. The other episode, "Earshot," was originally slated to air just one week after the Columbine massacre, but was postponed until September, due to a scene where a student arms himself with a high-powered rifle with the apparent intent of committing mass murder. The rampage at Virginia Tech on Monday left 33 people dead, including the gunman, and more than a dozen hospitalized. It was the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. Source:E! News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmithg Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 There has been nearly 850,000 people killed in Iraq, have they pulled Bones because of that? Pathetic, no-wonder Fox gets slated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Oh christ, what is it with TV networks being overly sensitive? It happened, ok? Whether or not this show is on TV has no relation to the fact that IT HAPPENED. And if anyone who was affected by the incident enough for a TV show to shake them up again, well they are abviously calm enough to say "Hey, I will sit down and watch some TV". It's like that episode of the simpsons that Fox editted the NY World Trade Centre out of - you know - the episode that suddenly made no sense, seeing as it focussed around the WTC for about 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snyper Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*John* Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 What everyone said (Y) Stop babying people ffs! :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavalyr Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 this is why we cry about everything. i understand. but still. come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40420_1437839287 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I don't see the link to be honest. Bones - student murdered found buried much later Virgina Tech - students murdered BUT not buried and discovered later. NO offence to victims and families of VT shootings, but its just ridiculous. Plus there's 100s of shows that have poverty, crime, war as part of their theme - none of which get pulled because of real world issues. Oh unless of course, Fox thinks only US issues are worth pulling shows due to potential sensitivity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffa Jones Veteran Posted April 19, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2007 This the highest form of entertainment brain damage. Good job Fox, you ****ing tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Kompressor Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I just don't get this over censorship thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacer Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Yay censorship! ...Wait, we're in the US. Shouldn't it be "Boo censorship!"? Ah that's right, our local society is retarded. I forgot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 BOOOOO! I hate Fox. I was wondering why Bones was a rerun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snyper Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Perhaps Ranasurle was right about fox :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted April 19, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2007 Remember Futurama? Little known fact is they pulled it because of september 11th tensions and the coming of the iraq war... a Fox exec was quoted as saying "its just not the right show for the time we are in in post september 11th" fox as a history of pulling shows because of incidents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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