Alabama Public Television refuses to air 'Arthur' episode with gay wedding [View all]
Source: NBC News
Alabama Public Television refuses to air 'Arthur' episode with gay wedding
"It would be a violation of trust to broadcast the episode," the director of programming at Alabama Public Television said.
May 20, 2019, 6:08 PM CDT / Updated May 20, 2019, 9:07 PM CDT
Alabama Public Television chose not to air PBS' recent "Arthur" episode that featured a same-sex marriage.
During the animated series' 22nd season premiere, titled “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone," Arthur's third-grade teacher, Mr. Ratburn, marries Patrick, a chocolatier, at a wedding attended by his students, Arthur, Francine, Buster and Muffy. It aired May 13.
Mike McKenzie, director of programming at APT, told NBC News on Monday that PBS sent a message to stations in mid-April alerting them "to possible viewer concerns about the content of the program." After he and others at APT viewed the episode, they decided not to broadcast it and showed a re-run instead.
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“Parents have trusted Alabama Public Television for more than 50 years to provide children’s programs that entertain, educate and inspire,” McKenzie said in a statement. “More importantly — although we strongly encourage parents to watch television with their children and talk about what they have learned afterwards — parents trust that their children can watch APT without their supervision. We also know that children who are younger than the ‘target’ audience for 'Arthur' also watch the program.”..................................
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geeez, Alabama must be a stinking Trump swamp!!
McKenzie said the network has no plans to air it.
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