History OvershadowedByControversy / LiveActionTV

** UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's second hosting gig in season 41 on November 7, 2015 is infamous, as this time, Trump was a frontrunner in the 2016 presidential race, and had already made many inflammatory statements that led to massive protests outside NBC's studios. There was the strong implication that [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity both sides were using each other to promote themselves and that neither camp truly wanted to be there]], and [[OldShame the SNL performers later admitted that they were uncomfortable working with him in this situation]]. After Trump won the presidential election the following year, to the shock of ''everyone'' around the world, SNL would spend his presidency skewering him, though at that point, it seemed like too little too late for some.

* Talk show Karamo was a talk show similar to Maury and wasn't really popular, but now it'll be remembered for one thing: That's when Tiktok Chef Pii of the infamous Pink Sauce brought on a critic and proceeded to insult and gaslight her for the entire segment without letting the woman really defend herself. What made it worse wasn't even the chef herself, but the talk show host, Karamo stood by her side and condemned the critic as well. Accusing her of ruining the woman's life and complaining for no reason. Pink Sauce is actually known for misleading information, the chef's incredible inexperience in sauce making, not knowing what the FDA stood for, and the fact many sauces have been delivered spoiled or damaged. The critic in question wasn't just complaining to complain and it was clear there was either some miscommunication or no research at all here. Comments even brought up why they didn't bring on people who actually lied about what the sauce did to them compared to someone with legitimate critiques. The audience cheered on the chef as well, making the critic basically feel like pariah from everyone and even when she sadly had to concede and say this should make everyone think, Karamo threw it back on her and basically said it was her problem and her fault before ending the segment there. This obviously backfired for everyone except the critic. Chef Pii's reputation sunk further and Karamo was lambasted online for his poor research and gaslighting and even people accused him of showing favoritism to black women guests over the white ones. This culminated in him leaving a nasty tweet online calling these critics haters before deleting it and his show scrubbed the video itself from the internet with only reaction and commentary channels being the only evidence of what happened in that episode. Many comments on newer videos continually brought up that Karamo should apologize to the critic, but nothing has been done as of yet.
** He did eventually contact Ally, four months later, and he still showed no real remorse to gaslighting her and as comments pointed out, the apology felt half assed and that he was simply saving face because people were still posted comments begging for him to apologize to Ally. He even seemed to use her own words against her. Karomo went from the helpful guy on Queer Eye, to a gaslighter.

* The character of Series/MaxHeadroom was a popular character of a cyberpunk future and would become a pop culture icon of the 80's. These days, he's remembered for two things. One being a homage in [[Music/{{Eminem}} Eminem's]] music video for Rap God. The other being [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_signal_hijacking the Max Headroom broadcast intrusion,]] in which a man in a Max Headroom mask hijack the signal of two broadcast channels in Chicago. Many clips of the character on [=YouTube=] often use quotes from the hijacker.

* The character of Series/MaxHeadroom was a popular character of a cyberpunk future and would become a pop culture icon of the 80's. These days, he's remembered for two things. One being an homage in [[Music/{{Eminem}} Eminem's]] music video for Rap God. The other being [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_signal_hijacking the Max Headroom broadcast intrusion,]] in which a man in a Max Headroom mask hijack the signal of two broadcast channels in Chicago. Many clips of the character on [=YouTube=] often use quotes from the hijacker.

* ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'': Zyuoh Elephant's actor Tsurugi Watanabe was riding a bike when he accidentally hit a woman who was also riding a bike with her two daughters. He later got help, told the police about the incident and apologized to the woman and her daughters, who were injured but safe, but the damage was done. This was one of the many reasons ''Kyuranger VS Zyuohger'' never happened, to the dismay of fans, and was thought to be the main reason it wasn't made for a long time.

* Comedian Creator/DaveChappelle's 2021 Netflix special ''The Closer'' features jokes about the LGBTQ+ community (in particular transgender people), which some members of the community strongly criticized as being offensive, as well as him jokingly expressing support for trans-exclusionary radical feminism. Since then, it's become nearly impossible to discuss the special without bringing up Chappelle's stance on trans people.

** Season 25 was supposed to be remembered for being the first season with an African-American Bachelor, Matt James. Instead, it ended up getting hit with a racism scandal after it was revealed that contestant Rachael Kirkconnell had once posed with the Confederate battle flag and attended an Antebellum South-themed party[[note]]Kirkconnell would apologize for this, with James accepting the apology[[/note]]. However, the biggest casualty of the scandal by far was Chris Harrison, who downplayed Kirkconnell's actions in an attempt to defend her and wound up calling her the victim of the "woke police." Harrison's actions ended up causing a bigger backlash than Kirkconnell's, and Harrison subsequently apologized and announced he was taking a hiatus from the show (which ended up becoming permanent). As a result, the anti-PC crowd cried "cancel culture" and began harassing both James and Rachel Lindsay (the first African-American Bachelorette) on social media for defending Harrison's decision to leave, even though neither of them said they wanted him "cancelled," leading to Lindsay leaving social media.[[note]]This also impacted Harrison's appearance on the CelebrityEdition of ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', as Creator/{{ABC}} delayed the episode, went out of their way not to promote it, and even put disclaimers up to indicate that it was taped prior to the controversy.[[/note]] It's also worth mentioning that Kirkconnell was eventually selected by James and won the season, and as of 2022, is still in a relationship with him despite a short breakup.

** Season 25 was supposed to be remembered for being the first season with an African-American Bachelor, Matt James. Instead, it ended up getting hit with a racism scandal after it was revealed that contestant Rachael Kirkconnell had once posed with the Confederate battle flag and had attended an Antebellum South-themed party. Kirkconnell would apologize for this, with James accepting the apology; but the biggest casualty of the scandal by far was Chris Harrison, who downplayed Kirkconnell's actions in an attempt to defend her and wound up calling her the victim of the "woke police." Harrison's actions ended up causing a bigger backlash than Kirkconnell's, and Harrison subsequently apologized and announced he was taking a hiatus from the show (which ended up becoming permanent). As a result, the anti-PC crowd cried "cancel culture" and began harassing both James and Rachel Lindsay (the first African-American Bachelorette) on social media for defending Harrison's decision to leave, even though neither of them said they wanted him "cancelled," leading to Lindsay leaving social media. This also impacted Harrison's appearance on the CelebrityEdition of ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', as Creator/{{ABC}} delayed the episode, went out of their way not to promote it, and even put disclaimers up to indicate that it was taped prior to the controversy. It's also worth mentioning that Kirkconnell was eventually selected by James and won the season, and as of 2022, is still in a relationship with him despite a short breakup.
** The show also faced other [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bachelor_and_race controversies over race]] throughout its run. Notably, non-White contestants in the early seasons, both women and men, usually got eliminated first, while those who remained were either [[ButNotTooBlack mixed race]] or had their heritage downplayed. The first Black lead in ''The Bachelorette'' was Rachel Lindsay in 2017, and it wasn't until 2021 that ''The Bachelor'' got its first Black male lead, Matt James.

** What makes it more baffling is that its Asian edition, ''The 700 Club Asia'', is the complete opposite of it. None of the hate, and mostly what it really shows -- Christian and unbiased.

* It's practically impossible to talk about ''Joy Junction'' nowadays -- a Christian puppet show that aired during the 1990's -- without mentioning the fact that series puppeteer and cast member Ronald Brown was sentenced to 20 years in jail in 2013 for not only possession of child pornography, but also planning to cannibalize a child.
* The Creator/KevinJames sitcom ''Series/KevinCanWait'' is probably best known for the ill-fated retool of the show in its second season, thanks to CBS' decision to fire Erinn Hayes, who played Kevin's wife on the show, and replacing her with James' ''[[Series/TheKingOfQueens King of Queens]]'' co-star Leah Remini in an attempt to sell it as a SpiritualSequel to the earlier show. Hayes' character was subsequently killed off, and any attempt to address her death was poorly handled, with it only being mentioned in passing at the beginning of the season two premiere episode. The subsequent backlash gave the show some very negative publicity and may have played a factor in the show not getting renewed for a third season.

** What makes it more baffling is that its Asian edition, ''The 700 Club Asia'', is the complete opposite of it. None of the hate, and mostly what it really shows- Christian and unbiased.

* Season 25 of ''Series/TheBachelor'' was supposed to be known for the first season with an African-American Bachelor, Matt James, but ended up getting hit with a racism scandal after it was revealed that contestant Rachael Kirkconnell had once posed with the Confederate battle flag and had attended an Antebellum South-themed party. Kirkconnell did apologize, and James accepted it, but the biggest casualty of the scandal was Chris Harrison, who downplayed Kirkconnell's actions in an attempt to defend her, and wound up calling her the victim of the "woke police." Harrison's actions ended up causing a bigger backlash than Kirkconnell's, and Harrison subsequently apologized and announced he was taking a hiatus from the show (which ended up becoming permanent). As a result, the anti-PC crowd cried "cancel culture" and began harassing both James and Rachel Lindsay (the first African-American Bachelorette) on social media for defending Harrison's decision to leave, even though neither of them said they wanted him "cancelled," leading to Lindsay leaving social media. This also impacted Harrison's appearance on the CelebrityEdition of ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', as Creator/{{ABC}} delayed the episode, went out of their way not to promote it, and even put disclaimers up to indicate that it was taped prior to the controversy. It's also worth mentioning that Kirkconnell was eventually selected by James and won the season, and as of 2022, is still in a relationship with him despite a short breakup.
** ''The Bachelor'' faced other [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bachelor_and_race controversies over race]] throughout its run. Notably, non-White contestants in the early seasons, both women and men, usually gets eliminated first, while those who remain were either [[ButNotTooBlack mixed race]] or had their heritage downplayed. The first Black lead in ''The Bachelorette'' was Rachel Lindsay in 2017, and it was not until 2021 that ''The Bachelor'' got its first Black male lead, Matt James.

* ''The 700 Club'' presents itself as a Christian news show, but is known less for its spiritual side and more for creator/host Pat Robertson's far-right political views and conspiracy theories made during the show and even outside it. Most notable claims made by Robertson are that tragedies such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina were the result of [[BoltOfDivineRetribution God taking revenge on people]] Robertson despises, including the LGBT community, feminists, liberals, some non-Christians, and even Christians that are slightly more liberal than him. Creator/{{Freeform}}, which airs the show, has no choice but to air it due to [[ContractualObligationProject contractual obligations]] established when the network was called The Family Channel and was owned by Robertson; not only does Freeform refuse to promote ''700'', they air ContentWarnings at the beginning and end of the show stating that Freeform does not endorse any of Robertson's views, which even end with them saying "Watch or don't watch. We're okay either way." Ironically, ''700'' also airs on Creator/{{TBN}} and on local stations, but Robertson refuses to let Freeform drop the show.

* The short-lived Irish revival of ''Series/BlindDate'' was struck ''twice'' with controversy. It was first struck when it turned out that one of its contestants was a criminal who had previously served jail time in Australia for assault on a civilian. The second time was when host Al Porter was accused of sexual harassment by two male colleagues, which caused the show to immediately be binned by [=TV3=] (now Virgin Media 1).

** Tetsuo Kurata, main lead of ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' and its sequel ''[[Series/KamenRiderBlackRX RX]]'', received similar allegations of making money off his ''Kamen Rider'' popularity by scamming fans and blocking them, only to later turn a 180 and state in his livestream podcast that he wouldn't talk about ''Kamen Rider'' anymore, around the time of its 50th anniversary no less.
** ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'': The series is known for its TroubledProduction in the second half due to ExecutiveMeddling by the higher ups because of poor toy sales.

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** ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'': Zyuoh Elephant's actor Tsurugi Watanabe was riding a bike when he accidentally hit a woman who was also riding a bike with her two daughters. He later got help, told the police about the incident and apologized to the woman and her daughters, who were injured but safe, but the damage was done.

* The MadeForTVMovie ''Film/TearsAndLaughterTheJoanAndMelissaRiversStory'' is remembered primarily for its controversial premise - a dramatic re-enactment of Creator/JoanRivers and her daughter Melissa's struggles to come to grips with the suicide of Edgar Rosenberg, Rivers' husband and Melissa's father - with the lead roles being played ''by Joan and Melissa themselves''. While Joan argued that the film was her and Melissa's way of coping with their grief and rebuilding their relationship, critics saw it as a ghoulish attempt to wring publicity out of a very personal tragedy.

* As of 2021, the 2018 Korean drama ''Series/{{Time|2018}}'' is becoming more known for the on-set mistreatment of lead actress [[Music/GirlsGeneration Seohyun]] by male lead Kim Jung-hyun during the filming than the drama itself, such as refusing to scene romantic scenes with Seohyun, as well as using wet tissues after touching Seohyun in scenes, which caused her to cry. The scandal was further complicated when Dispatch revealed that Seo Ye-ji, Kim Jung-hyun's then-girlfriend, may have been the reason for his behaviour on the set of Time.

* Comedian Creator/DaveChappelle's 2021 Netflix special ''The Closer'' features jokes about the LGBTQ+ community (in particular transgender people), which some members of the community strongly criticized as being offensive, as well as him jokingly expressing support for trans-exclusionary radical feminism. Since then, it's become nearly impossible to discuss the special without acknowledging Chappelle's stance on trans people being brought up.

** ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'': Zyuoh Elephant's actor Tsurugi Watanabe was riding a bike when he accidentally hits a woman who is also riding a bike with her two daughters. He later got help, told the police about the incident and apologized to the woman and her daughters, who were injured but safe, but the damage was done. This is one of the main reasons why the crossover film with the Kyurangers never happened.

* ''Ronan Farrow Today'' managed to get hit with controversy ''twice'' in just its first few weeks on the air in 2014. First, he was overshadowed by his sister Dylan publicly reiterating her allegations that she'd been molested by their estranged father Creator/WoodyAllen, reigniting the scandal it caused when they first went public in the '90s. Then, three days after his show premiered, he was awarded the Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism and Exploration. While the award was unrelated to his work on his show (Farrow had previously worked for years in a variety of roles that might justify his getting the award) the fact that the award came so soon after the premiere of his show made him look like an over-privileged celebrity scion, an image that he wasn't able to shake, particularly not after someone released a memo to the press declaring that Farrow would not take "off-topic" questions during the pressers for the Cronkite Award ceremony. Incidentally, his show suffered from chronic low ratings and lasted only a year. In a happier note for Farrow, he would be lauded years later for his Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal, which in turn led to the [=#MeToo=] movement (which itself got the allegations against Allen taken much more seriously by the public). By 2019, Farrow was one of [[https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/29/media/ronan-farrow-profile/index.html the most respected journalists in the United States]], with ''Ronan Farrow Today'' barely being remembered, so it seems that he was ultimately able to shake off the fallout from it.

* ''Series/MillionDollarMoneyDrop'' is mainly associated with a controversy surrounding the question on which product was sold in stores first. The couple, Brittany and Gabe, had bet $800,000 of their money on the Post-It Notes answer, but the money fell down the trapdoor, despite Post-It Notes ''actually being the correct answer''.[[note]]Post-It Notes were first sold in 1977, albeit named as Press N’ Peel, and in limited stores in 4 cities. They were renamed to Post-It Notes in 1979, when the Walkman was released in Japan, which the show considered as the answer to the question. Post-It Notes were first sold nationally on April 1980, while the Walkman was first sold on July 1980.[[/note]] The producers of the show apologized for the incident, and asked the couple to return on the show to play again. The couple, however, declined to go back on the show, and stalled until the show was cancelled.

* Talk show Karamo was a talk show similar to Maury and wasn't really popular, but now it'll be remembered for one thing: That's when Tiktok Chef Pii of the infamous Pink Sauce brought on a critic and proceeded to insult and gaslight her for the entire segment without letting the woman really defend herself. What made it worse wasn't even the chef herself, but the talk show host, Karamo stood by her side and condemned the critic as well. Accusing her of ruining the woman's life and complaining for no reason. Pink Sauce is actually known for misleading information, the chef's incredible inexperience in sauce making and the fact many sauces have been delivered spoiled or damaged. The critic in question wasn't just complaining to complain and it was clear there was either some miscommunication or no research at all here. Comments even brought up why they didn't bring on people who actually lied about what the sauce did to them compared to someone who legitimate critiques. The audience cheered on the chef as well, making the critic basically feel like pariah from everyone and even when she sadly had to concede and say this should make everyone think, Karamo threw it back on her and basically said it was her problem and her fault before ending the segment there. This obviously backfired for everyone except the critic. Chef Pii's reputation sunk further and Karamo was lambasted online for his poor research and gaslighting and even people accused him of showing favoritism to black women guests over the white ones. This culminated in him leaving a nasty tweet online before deleting it and his show scrubbed the video itself from the internet with only reaction and commentary channels being the only evidence of what happened in that episode. Many comments on newer videos continually brought up that Karamo should apologize to the critic, but nothing has been done as of yet.

* Talk show Karamo was a talk show similar to Maury and wasn't really popular, but now it'll be remembered for one thing: That's when Tiktok Chef Pii of the infamous Pink Sauce brought on a critic and proceeded to insult and gaslight her for the entire segment without letting the woman really defend herself. What made it worse wasn't even the chef herself, but the talk show host, Karamo stood by her side and condemned the critic as well. Accusing her of ruining the woman's life and complaining for no reason. Pink Sauce is actually known for misleading information, the chef's incredible inexperience in sauce making and the fact many sauces have been delivered spoiled or damaged. The critic in question wasn't just complaining to complain and it was clear there was either some miscommunication or no research at all here. Comments even brought up why they didn't bring on people who actually lied about what the sauce did to them compared to someone who legitimate critiques. The audience cheered on the chef as well, making the critic basically feel like pariah from everyone and even when she sadly had to concede and say this should make everyone think, Karamo threw it back on her and basically said it was her problem and her fault before ending the segment there. This obviously backfired for everyone except the critic. Chef Pii's reputation sunk further and Karamo was lambasted online for his poor research and gaslighting and even people accused him of showing favoritism to black women guests over the white ones. This collimated in him leaving a nasty tweet online before deleting it and his show scrubbed the video itself from the internet with only reaction and commentary channels being the only evidence of what happened in that episode. Many comments on newer videos continually brought up that Karamo should apologize to the critic, but nothing has been done as of yet.

** The Creator/TimRobbins episode from season 18 on October 3, 1992 is remembered almost exclusively for being the notorious episode in which Music/SineadOConnor ripped Pope John Paul II's photo and screamed, "Fight the real enemy!" after a cover of Music/BobMarley's "War"

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': The December 17, 1977 episode was hosted by Miskell Spillman, who won the [[ContestWinnerCameo "Anyone Can Host" contest]], where an average person gets to guest host SNL, also becoming the oldest person to host the show at age 80 (a record that stood until Creator/BettyWhite hosted on May 8, 2010 at age 88). However, this episode is more well known for musical guest Music/ElvisCostello's performance, where he started out playing "Less Than Zero" before hastily going into "Radio, Radio", defying his record company's demands. Costello spent several years being banned from appearing on SNL before being invited again in 1989, 1991, and at the SNL 25th Anniversary Special in 2000, where he recreated the song switch.

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E1HorrorOfFangRock The Horror of Fang Rock]]" seems, even on this very wiki, to not get by without an obligatory mention of the November 22, 1987 "Max Headroom" broadcast hijacking incident in Chicago that interrupted a showing of the serial's first episode for 90 seconds.

** [[spoiler:Giuliani's]] stint on the show is a special case, as his involvement was [[ContentLeak revealed by entertainment news sources over a month before his unmasking was scheduled to air]], owing to the celebrity's [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement very contentious nature]]. It got to the point where, after the unmasking was made public, the show [[{{Unperson}} began to pretend that he was never on the show to begin with]].

* The Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' had been hit with this from the start, with many accusing its handling of the very sensitive subject of bullying and suicide among teenagers of being [[CluelessAesop tone-deaf]] and even potentially dangerous. The central plot revolves around Hannah, who has died by suicide before the series starts and left a series of cassette tapes detailing her reasons for doing so and the people she blames for pushing her to her actions. This has been harshly criticized for implying that bullying and external factors are always the cause of suicide, with no mention given to mental illness, as well as implying that [[AdultsAreUseless reaching out for help to adults is futile]] and overall sending a message that one's mental well-being is in others' hands, and that suicide is an effective way of getting revenge. Additionally, the finales of the first and second seasons came under fire for [[spoiler:their graphic depictions of Hannah's bathtub suicide and a secondary male character being brutally beaten and raped, respectively]], with detractors stating that the former scene could inspire copycat behavior. People generally believe the series may have done more harm than good for the cause of suicide awareness. Shortly before the third season's release, they edited out the scene showing Hannah's suicide on the advice of child psychologists, which started its own argument over whether they should have done it (since it's not like the scene actually makes the act look desirable in the slightest).

** Dennis James' controversial incident with the Cliff Hangers game during a nighttime syndicated episode of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' in 1976, when he shouted out "There goes Fritz!" when the contestant lost the game and the mountain climber fell over the cliff, unaware that Janice Pennington's husband, [[NamesTheSame whose name was also Fritz,]] had vanished while mountain climbing in Afghanistan. Janice ran off and remained backstage crying for the rest of the episode.