At least fifty-one people are dead in Oklahoma today, and officials estimate that figure will rise quite a bit over the next few days after the full toll of the tornado is fully investigated. From donating money to offering prayers, people are trying to do everything they can in the natural disaster’s wake to help out. If you take it from CBS, the best thing for the network to do was to cancel this week’s Mike & Molly episode.
Centered around a tornado that rips through the Windy City, the episode was supposed to give the main characters a chance to admit some buried secrets to each other, but after weighing the pros and cons, CBS decided it was better to keep the footage from everyone rather than risk offending those whose lives have been ripped apart by the devastating tornado.
On the one hand, it’s easy to see CBS’ position. The idea of generating laughs from a tornado at a time like this is uncomfortable to say the least. Clearly, such attempts would go over far better at some point in the future. On the other hand, however, cancelling episodes out of a worry of offending people isn’t necessarily the best policy. Networks have been incredibly skittish about airing anything that could be considered offensive lately, and the more that it happens, the more that it gives people the power to ask for episodes to be pulled after more minor incidents.
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