History GoshDangIt / LiveActionTV

* Played for laughs in ''Series/{{Castle}}''; Esposito has just called for background on a suspect who was stalking the victim and showed up at the hearing to issue a restraining order against him to call her a 'bitch'. However, just before he reveals the word, he realizes that Castle's teenage daughter Alexis happens to be present, and so censors himself by spelling the word in question out. This earns him a scornful look from Alexis and a helpful reminder from her father that she can ''spell''.

* ''Series/YesMinister'': Nobody can make "Gosh" more convincing and sincere than Bernard Wooley (as played by Derek Fowlds). It's almost a CatchPhrase.

* ''{{Series/Firefly}}'': In the vocabulary of the future, "Gorram" replaces "God damn", "Hump" replaces "F---", and plenty of colourful and creative expletives are achieved [[ForeignCussWord in (poorly pronounced) Mandarin]].

* ''Series/BarneyMiller'' occasionally had this problem. Usually a character about to swear would simply be interrupted, e.g. "[[CurseCutShort Oh, who gives a flying f—]]" "WOJO!" However, when Ron Harris spoke about his belief that a civil action filed against him and subsequent judgment for the plaintiff were racially motivated, he was allowed to say "You are looking at ''one mad nigger!'' but "They won't suck another nickel out of this bad motor scooter."

* ''{{Series/Firefly}}'': "God damn" has been replaced with "Gorram" in the vocabulary of the future. Plenty of colourful and creative expletives are achieved in Chinese.

* ''Series/StargateSG1'' - Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell, when particularly annoyed, will exclaim "Mary and Joseph!" Given his delivery, he may as well have left the first name in. He had a very strict, Bible-believing Baptist grandmother, who would probably have trained him not to take the Lord's name in vain. They made up for it by allowing him to say "Shit" in ''Film/TheArkOfTruth''.

* ''Series/ICarly'': Many characters have a habit of using certain words as substitutes for words they cannot get past the radar (like the Shay siblings' "Shoosh yeah!"). Can be considered an UnusualEuphemism but most of the time, it's a bit surprising what got past the [[Radar/ICarly radar]].

* ''Series/LukeCage2016''. Used InUniverse to justify the title character's CatchPhrase of "Sweet Christmas!" Turns out Luke's father, who was a preacher, used the phrase in place of swearing and his son picked it up.

* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' - "Frak" is also used by Veronica through most of the 2nd and 3rd season, following a story revolving around a ''Battlestar Galactica'' fan. In the 4th season, they ''could'' have used real swear words since it was a Hulu original, but they were afraid it would keep the new season from feeling like a cohesive continuation of the series (The show was UnCancelled twelve years after the end of the 3rd series). To try to make it more realistic, they had the in-universe explanation of Veronica and her father having a competition to see who could go the longest without swearing. The movie, however, which was released in theaters roughly halfway between the end of the 3rd season and the release of the 4th season, did have realistic swearing, including a PrecisionFStrike.

* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' - "Frak" is also used by Veronica through most of the 2nd and 3rd season, following a story revolving around a ''Battlestar Galactica'' fan.

** This would be averted in the 2021 Creator/ParamountPlus revival series, which is aimed at an older audience. The official trailer features this:

'''Carly''': I'm really glad to hear you say that. ''[Unveils the old "baby Spencer" crib.]''\\

* ''Series/TheITCrowd'' - With lines like "I'm at the end of my flipping rope!", "I've got a mother-flipping gun!", "I had to walk all the way down the mother-fudging stairs!", Moss in general does this throughout the series. At one point he even remarks while in a bad situation that he regrets that he isn't the type to use profanity, because he would like to use it bitterly and repeatedly.

** Mulcahy also did this in "Movie Tonight" for his contribution to the old military song "Army Life", although this may be for the purposes of rhyming as anything (this falls under the Biblical usage of "Hell", which is not usually considered a swear even in that era, and which Mulcahy had used before):

* ''Series/ThePunisher'': In season 2, Amy will only use minced oaths such as "flustercuck," which is turned into a TitleDrop. She'll also spell out curses, sometimes inserting LeetSpeak, such as "Ess Aitch One Tee." This emphasizes her youth and relative innocence in comparison to Frank's life.

** Back in the late-80s era of the Seventh, you had such joys as Ace (the rebellious teen with a destructive streak) shouting "Gordon Bennett!" and "You toerag!", while hardened military commander Brigadier Winifred Bambera is heard exclaiming "Oh, shame" when things go wrong. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E2ParadiseTowers "Paradise Towers"]] also included some supposedly futuristic (and conveniently mild) invented slang and cursing, including "ice hot!"