Late to the party but I know a few:
ATHF’s older brother, Space Ghost Coast to Coast went from TV-Y7 to TV-PG even before moving to adult swim, then after the move some TV-14 episodes got thrown in the mix as well.
Tom Goes To The Mayor alternated between TV-PG and TV-14, but a handful of...
It’s a bit more recent, but with increased awareness about how consent works, Superbad would not fly today. Neither would Married With Children or Revenge of the Nerds.
Yeah Seasons 1-4 had a lot of them, one of my favorites was when Brian put animal food in Stewie’s pocket at the zoo and all of them started chasing him around lol.
I liked the Season 3-6 Stewie, where he was a witty effeminate one liner machine, but was still a little evil on the side. He has tried to kill Lois in a recent episode last year I saw, though.
True, but it’s not really a cultural icon like the previously mentioned shows. If you asked a random group of people, not a lot of them would immediately recognize Arcane. Rankings don’t always indicate true impact or popularity.
When they first premiered on FOX some of them were, AS just re-rated all of them TV-14. And if you been watching the FXX reruns those episodes are TV-PG again.
BoJack, while critically acclaimed, is too real and too depressing to really be a mainstream hit. Rick & Morty, however, is mainstream as hell and approaching the level of The Simpsons/Family Guy/South Park. Lots of merchandise and many of the show’s quotes have seamlessly entered pop culture...
Professor Chaos, that one barely even had any swearing in it.
Side note: I’ve seen Casa Bonita air with a TV-PG-L rating, but it was an error, after the commercial it was TV-14-L like normal.
This episode was great. Felt bad for Bertie with her social anxiety getting in the way of her having a good time. Everybody looking at her weird and speaking over her was sad and a little funny at the same time. And at first I wasn’t too amped about Speckle’s plot, but it went left field and I...
Aqua Teen was such a unique case. Seasons 1-3 are mainly witty and surreal although they do have their moments. Mid Season 4 they were allowed to go from TV-PG/TV-14 to a TV-MA-LSV rating and they overdid it with the shock humor. But starting with Season 8 they dialed back a bit and started...
I don’t think they would completely lose their intergrity - it all depends on how they go about it. For example, I think CN could finesse something like a 4-part mini action series that goes up to a TV-14-V rating.
It’s an interesting idea. I feel like CN is the only kids network that can make a TV-14 cartoon and still keep a family friendly image. I also feel like there can be shows that, content-wise, would hit TV-14, but would feel a little too light overall for Adult Swim. It would have to be a soft...
I watched it with my family on Christmas. It was very uplifting and somewhat depressing at the same time. Definitely doesn’t feel like your average kids movie, it was more like a surreal psychological dramedy. I will be re-watching to catch bits I might have missed in a group setting.
Yeah, even before CC switched the ratings I thought the same thing. Lotta those old episodes were barely TV-MA. But with Bob’s Burgers, it isn’t changing standards though. The earlier seasons had a little more vulgarity and shock humor, nowadays it’s more lighthearted.
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