13 "Offensive" TV Episodes That Embarrassed Their Creators

5. "Hee Haw! Hee Haw!" - Fear Factor

Fear Factor Donkey Semen
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Fear Factor is one of the most quintessentially early-2000s TV shows there ever was, focused on contestants facing their fears in the quest for money. The original run concluded in 2006, but NBC inexplicably resurrected it in 2011, yet it only lasted another eight episodes before being canned once again.

A big part of the reason for the cancellation was the controversy surrounding an episode intended to air on January 30, 2012, where contestants drank the urine and semen of a donkey.

NBC refused to air it after the response to pictures of the stunt leaking online, and it's likely no coincidence that the show's cancellation came mere weeks after footage from the episode appeared online following an airing in Denmark.

Fear Factor has since been dug up once again by MTV, as hosted by Ludacris. What year is it?

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