10 Banned Episodes Of Beloved TV Sitcoms

Family Guy has always been a show that isn’t afraid to be crude, insensitive, or just simply challenging, and has gotten in trouble a few times for it. However, there have only ever been two episodes banned in the US.

The first is pure unfortunate happenstance. Turban Cowboy features a cutaway gag where Peter competes in the Boston Marathon with his car, knocking down runners. A month after the episode aired, a bombing at the competition caused this episode to be pulled, but it eventually returned years later.

However, despite being aired overseas, Partial Terms of Endearment has never been shown in America, and it’s a long way from ever having that opportunity.

The reason being that the episode handles the rather controversial topic of abortion. Lois reconnects with a college friend and her partner, and they ask her to be a surrogate, carrying a child to term for them as they cannot conceive themselves. Despite Peter’s arguments otherwise, she agrees. Later, the parents are killed in an accident. Following this, Lois has to make the hard choice about what to do with the baby.

Fox refused to show the episode and even Adult Swim, who carried the more controversial stories that Fox didn’t, wouldn’t touch it. It was eventually released on DVD, but the episode has never been shown on TV and remains the only Family Guy story missing from Disney+.