Station Won't Air 'The New Normal': Will You Watch the Show?
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2012/08/27 16:00:00
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Live in Salt Lake City? It might not be so easy to tune into "The New Normal." KSL-TV of Salt Lake City, Utah, will not air the upcoming NBC sitcom about a single mom who serves as a surrogate mother for a gay couple, The Deseret News reports.


"After viewing the pilot episode of 'The New Normal,' we have made the decision to keep it off our fall schedule," said Jeff Simpson, CEO of KSL parent company Bonneville International, in a statement. "For our brand, this program simply feels inappropriate on several dimensions, especially during family viewing time," he continued, citing crude dialogue, explicit content and offensive characterizations.
The conservative group One Million Moms recently slammed NBC for the program, calling it "damaging to our culture" and threatening to boycott the show's sponsors. Is "The New Normal" offensive in any way? Or is it an accurate reflection of today's "modern families"?
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Cat 2012/08/27 16:57:14No+19What may be "normal" in parts of California and South Beach, isn't "normal" everywhere nor to everyone. And hate has nothing to do with it. Forcing people to accept the "gay" lifestyle against their will and against millennia of social norms is cruel and can sometimes be hateful.






















I stick to CableTV for the most part.
Geez. Sometimes doesn't it feel like people want to take a stand JUST to take a stand?
I just think it looks kind of dumb.
Other than that, I'd rather do something else.
I’ve known gay men at different times in my life. A gay couple even helped me move once. Guess what, they are just like everyone else. Their private sex lives are none of my concern. Gay men and women are not going back in the closet because they make some people uncomfortable and why should they. This is the new normal.
How will I know if I am on the social norm list? I don’t want to force you to accept me. That would just be too damn cruel.
Let me guess who is on the good list.
Race: white (no mixed race allowed)
Political affiliation: Republican
Religion: Protestant (atheists are not allowed)
Location: I am not sure about that but I know New York, California and Arizona are definitely banned.
Hallelujah!!! Jesus loves me!!!
Pss…I don’t want you to get into trouble with your people but you forgot to put the Jews on you list.
(Typical lazy liberal)
Go spew your hate somewhere else.
BTW: I noticed you're Muslim. Isn't homosexuality punishable by death in the modern Muslim world?
So, do you also feel that homosexuality is a capital offense?
Good bye.
Sorry, I just still don't get it.