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welcome to watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 tv shows banned in other
countries
he knew the risks it was his choice for
this list we're looking at tv series
banned in certain countries
while we will be including shows whose
ban was later lifted
we won't be including series that had
only one or a few of its episodes
censored
were you surprised by any of these
banned series let us know in the
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number 10 mighty morphin power rangers
malaysia
malaysia wasn't the only country to bend
this show but it sure has the most
interesting reason we could have picked
new zealand where later iterations of
the show were filmed
the island nation temporarily banned
power rangers when parents complained
about the show's level of violence
and now red ranger it is time for me to
destroy you
i must be victorious for my queen
instead
however we opted for a ban with a less
expected reason
turns out the government of malaysia had
a problem with the show's title
or more specifically the word morphin
they felt it was too similar to the name
of the drug morphine
greeny zach and jason in your hearts you
will always carry the spirit of the
power rangers
but your destinies lie elsewhere you
have been chosen to help the world in a
different way now
in december 1995 the famously anti-drug
nation
banned the show until producers removed
the offending word from its title
which they eventually did
witness the greatness you once were
tommy
because it's all over now number nine
andy mack kenya in the late 2010s andy
mack made disney channel history
by having cyrus goodman a central
character come out as gay
cyrus do you like andy
you like jonah the big reveal occurred
in the show's second season
and the ratings went up pretty much
across the board the move also got the
series praise from various groups such
as glad
the government of kenya though wasn't
singing disney's praises
well that of course is aunt ruthie's
coogle uh that's your classic bagel and
blocks
that's gefiltefish skip that and i'm gay
instead they banned the show from airing
in the country specifically because of
the gay storyline
is there anything else you want to tell
me according to kenya film
classification board's chief executive
ezekiel mutwa quote any attempt to
introduce gay programming in kenya will
be met with the full force of the law
number eight knots landing south africa
now this one's a bit different yes this
popular primetime soap opera and
spin-off of dallas was banned in south
africa
you're kidding no but it wasn't due to
government censorship
instead it was withdrawn in response to
that government's conduct
confused we'll elaborate laurie mar
television which produced knott's
landing
and distributed it worldwide decided to
join in the cultural boycott of
apartheid south africa in the 1980s
this boycott saw international music
acts refused to play in the country
and the oscars not air there sid
i know you like music but don't you
think they could have gotten you a
better headset
lori marr for its part refused to
distribute knott's landing
and other popular shows like falcon
crest to tv stations in south africa
until apartheid ended knew what he was
getting into he knew the risks it was
his choice
number seven the big bang theory china
when a country bans a tv show it's
usually the result of local values or
politics
and he solves the equation the crowd
goes wild no bell
no every once in a while though there's
seemingly no reason whatsoever to
justify the move
at least not one provided by the powers
that be
bazinga
in 2014 china's state administration of
press publication
radio film and television decided to ban
popular sitcom the big bang theory
along with a few other american shows
from both television and streaming
platforms in the country
they reversed the decision a year later
leading some to speculate that the move
was simply to give
chinese-made content a financial leg up
did you hear that
professor prepnow said i should call him
arthur
that means we're friends no
a friend would have would have told me
about the elevator
today no official justification has been
given beyond
unspecified policy reasons if it wanted
to kill you
you'd be dead number six monty python's
flying circus
malaysia in some countries religious
humor just doesn't fly
even when it's part of a flying circus
what on earth does that mean
i don't know mr wentworth just told me
to come in here and say that there was
trouble at the mill that's all i didn't
expect a kind of spanish inquisition
nobody expects the spanish inquisition
censors in malaysia banned the seminal
bbc comedy show monty python's flying
circus from the country's airwaves when
it premiered in 1969.
they objected to the show repeatedly
poking fun at religion
as well as its darker comedic elements
only it does worry some people
um i don't know why perhaps a little
sensitive so i do take the precaution of
asking on these occasions
this ban extended to the troops films
including life of brian
which is full of religious comedy and
the holy grail which despite the name
actually doesn't focus much on religion
walk away just ignore them
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in recent years malaysia has relaxed a
bit the python films are no longer on
the banned list
and people in the country can order
their series online
number five the ali g show kazakhstan
it's not hard to guess which sasha baron
cohen character got to ali g show banned
in kazakhstan
in usna if you want to marry a girl
you cannot just go to her father's house
and swap her for 15 gallons of
insecticide
it's not the titular alley g or bruno
but rather borat
cohen's over-the-top satirical
kazakhstani men
some in the country including certain
members of the kazakhstan media
got the humor and the fact that the
united states was the real butt of the
joke
others however most definitely did not i
should tell this joke probably not
the government even blocked cohen's
website after the character appeared
the ban was lifted by the time the borat
movie was released but the debate
surrounding the character persists
give me a smile baby why angry face well
what you're saying is very demeaning
do you know the word demeaning
number four mash south korea mash was a
huge success around the world
but not in the country where it was set
in the decades following the end of the
korean war the government of south korea
was very interested in rehabilitating
the country's image
a comedy show depicting the country as
impoverished and its people as dependent
on the american military
was clearly not what the government had
in mind so they banned it
all right come on a joke is a joke but
not in post-op now come on now cut it
out
when the actual mobile army surgical
hospital that the show was based on
closed in 1997
cast members from the show were in
attendance proving that the backlash
went beyond the government
local reporters took the opportunity to
ask the stars about the show's negative
portrayal of koreans
what difference does it make i'm not
hurting anybody
but what about yourself number three
sex in the city singapore a show focused
on the sex lives of single women living
in new york
was too steamy for censors in singapore
at least originally
and this is a problem no it just well it
just
it feels odd the government banned the
show when it premiered in the late 90s
on hbo in the united states
and pretty much everywhere else in the
world don't you think we're good without
it
no i do not then in 2004 they relented
and changed the subscription tv program
code to allow the show to air in the
country
with certain scenes removed that is in
an appropriate and
cheeky bit of advertising hbo asia
plugged the delayed release with the
tagline
love is always worth the wait well i
have no intention of using that
i'm saving sex for someone i love
fantastic is there a man in the picture
number two the simpsons venezuela
i'm bart simpson who the hell are you
i'm jolly old saint nick oh yeah
we'll just see about that so we kind of
take it for granted that the simpsons
family members aren't supposed to be
role models
homer that was a 20.
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but apparently not everyone feels that
way at least according to venezuela's tv
regulator
in 2008 venezuela banned the
long-running show for being
inappropriate
and disseminating messages that go
against the whole education of boys
girls and adolescents it was replaced by
the more suitable for children
baywatch venezuela isn't actually the
only country to take aim at the show
it was also banned from prime time
television in china to help chinese
animation studios
and almost fell to pressure from
pentecostal churches in russia
if anyone wants me i'll be in my room
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number one modern family iran oh
forget it i can't do this the point is
you're scared
i think you've learned your lesson wow
iran didn't just
ban modern family from airing in the
country they developed their own
version of it half sang is an
iranian-produced unauthorized knockoff
of the popular
american sitcom that mirrors the
original quite closely
at times it even looks like a shot for
shot remake that is of course without
the show's gay couple mitchell and cam
what do you mean you bring it up every
chance that you get i know what nonstop
means
instead they created a straight couple
this is of course due to the iranian
government's harsh views on
homosexuality
half sang also changed haley's gender
because iranian tv doesn't allow for the
friendship between boys and girls
while modern family ran for 11 seasons
out of iran
half sang only ran for one in 2014.
oh i wasn't even trying for that nice
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