Dexter routinely drew the ire of various organisations during its original airing. Unsurprisingly, people weren't all that fond of a popular TV show on a major channel like Showtime that supposedly glamorised serial killing, or at least suggested that murderers might be in any way sympathetic, or even likeable. What's more surprising is that Dexter managed to cause an international incident thanks to an off-hand remark in one episode which stated that Adelaide, a city in southern Australia, had the highest serial killer count per person out of any place in the world. It may or may not actually be true, but it's a widely-reported bit of grizzly trivia. Regardless of any factual basis, the South Australian government filed complaints against the local Fox affiliate that aired the show in the country, and adverts around the country promoting the then-current season were pulled from billboards, newspapers, magazines and TV screens as a result. Sure are sensitive, those murderous Aussies.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
