SKY censored Futurama: Benders Big Score?

[jester]

Just looking at the Skyhd broadcast of Benders Big Score and near the beginning where you see the room of "Box" exectives it looks like they have reduced the scene to about half a second whereas on the DVD release it is a few seconds long.

Now its no secret that these are supposed to be Fox execs but a bit off of them to censor stuff this way. :razz:

[Richie]

Could it simply be the difference between the "broadcast" version and the "dvd" version?

[GProject]

Indeed it could be - they were apparently making tweaks to the broadcast versions to bring them in on time and fit with ad breaks etc.

I'm sure that the original idea was to cut them up and insert some new footage for the broadcast versions (as per the Big Score commentary - maybe?), but I don't think this ended up happening.

[jester]

Just that is seemed a bit :suspect: that the scene they cut would show Fox execs in a bad light.

[GProject]

There were actually many tiny cuts and tweaks to the US TV version from the original DVD. They are covered in (extensive) detail: here (http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/ListsReferences/Futurama_Cuts_BBS.dhtml).