NBC censors Christian vegetables!!!11!!!11!!!!

from broadcasting and cable

Vegetable Cuts Were Religious References, Says Creator
By John Eggerton

The Creator of VeggieTales, the kids videos airing as part of NBC's
Saturday morning kids block, says that the cuts he was asked to make
by NBC on the show were to take out references to God and the Bible.

John Gilmer...

The "Veggie Tales" owners sold out a LONG time ago. To the best of my
memory about half of my youngest girl's lifetime or about 6 years ago.

They had a comfortable following and market in the Christian Bookstores.
But they decided to tone down the "Christian" and "Bible" image at the
request of the buyers at (of all places) Wally World!

On his Website, Phil Vischer says that as the person who cut the
episodes, he sent the first one to NBC at "exactly" the right length,
but "they rejected it because, at the end, Bob the Tomato said,
'Remember kids, God made you special and he loves you very much.' They
demanded we remove that line.The show wasn't too long, it was too
Christian."

from NBC that did suggest cuts in several lines that mention God and
the Bible.

"They certainly have the right to decide what is or isn't appropriate
for their own network," wrote Vischer, "but if they are going to
reject programming because they feel it is 'too Christian,' they
should at least own up to it."

NBC had said in a statement that: Veggie Tales was originally created
for home video and, in most cases, each episode is over 30 minutes
long. As it appears on Qubo [NBC's Saturday-orning Block, which is a
co-venture with four other kids TV producers including Veggie Tales],
Veggie Tales has been edited down for broadcast without losing any of
its core messages about positive values."

NBC had not returned calls at press time.