History OvershadowedByControversy / LiveActionTV

* NBC's ''Series/Rise2018'' was nominally based on a non-fiction book about a gay man (albeit closeted at the time) who revolutionized a high school theater department. His equivalent in the show is straight, which wasn't helped at all by producer Jason Katims making what he later regretted as an extremely poor choice of words when he said he wanted to "tell my own story," which many LGBTQ advocates took as him saying he couldn't possibly relate to a sexuality outside of his own, when in fact he was just commenting on how the original book was just a jumping off point for the show's fictional story (enough that Katims has a "created by" credit rather than "developed by"). The show did feature several prominent non-straight characters and got the blessing of GLAAD for their positive portrayal, but many had a hard time getting past that initial impression.

* ''Film/TheChair2014'' was a short-lived reality show with a unique concept: two novice filmmakers from different creative backgrounds would each have to make a movie using the same script, with the series documenting their efforts and the winning movie being determined by online poll. Nowadays, it's best remembered for how said online poll allowed the highly controversial WebVideo/ShaneDawson to win even though his film, ''Not Cool'', was universally agreed to be the worse one; his bad behavior on the show was also brought up as the controversies surrounding him caused his popularity to implode.

* ''Series/That70sShow'' wasn't particularly controversial when it aired, but years later became overshadowed by Creator/DannyMasterson's rape conviction, and Creator/MilaKunis and Creator/AshtonKutcher publicly supporting Masterson despite the conviction.

* ''The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker'' was a 2020 reality show on [[{{Creator/Sky}} Sky History]] which had an innocuous premise of a woodworking competition series... which exploded in controversy right after the first episode aired due to one of the contestants having several face tattoos of white supremacist symbols. Following a disastrous attempt to dispel the allegations[[note]]Sky defended the contestant's "88" tattoos by claiming that they were ''not'' a code for "Heil Hitler", but instead a personal memento to commemorate his father's death in 1988; [[InstantlyProvenWrong which was immediately debunked when said father revealed he was still alive]].[[/note]], the show was cancelled after a single episode, leaving the incident effectively the only thing it's known for.

* ''Series/That70sShow'' wasn't particularly controversial when it aired, but years later became overshadowed by Creator/DannyMasterson's rape conviction, and Creator/MilaKunis and Creator/AshtonKutcher publicly supporting Masterson despite the conviction.

* Netflix series ''Series/TheRanch'' was affected by this when the company seemed to be in no hurry to remove Creator/DannyMasterson after multiple rape accusations. This came to a head with a jaw-dropping moment from former Netflix executive Andy Yeatman, who was questioned about it by a woman at a soccer game and blithely replied the company didn't believe the accusations, only for her to reveal that ''she was one of the accusers''. This is why Yeatman is now a ''former'' Netflix executive. Also if you type in his name, the first thing that comes up is an article HE wrote discussing the life-destroying incident! The upshot was the number of people just plain confused at how you can possibly say anything to that question beyond "Legal has advised us not to talk about it." Masterson himself would be written out, with Dax Shepard being hired to replace him as a new character.

** In terms of specific material from Six's era, the non-canon special [[Recap/DoctorWho1985JFIGSAFixWithSontarans "A Fix With Sontarans"]], created as a crossover with the then-popular ''Jim'll Fix It'', was previously remembered as a hokey one-off story done to appease the wishes of a young Whovian who was eager to appear on ''Doctor Who'', but since 2012 has become primarily known for the close involvement of ''Jim'll Fix It'' presenter Jimmy Savile, revealed after his death to be one of the most prolific celebrity child predators in British history. The revelations motivated the BBC to [[BuryYourArt ban the episode from official circulation]] for a solid decade before ultimately releasing a recut on the Season 22 Blu-ray with Savile's scenes replaced.

* Creator/TheBBC's pop music showcase ''Series/TopOfThePops'' ran from 1964-2006 (with annual Christmas specials continuing to this day), and its performances (both "live" and recorded) included numerous cultural landmark moments. Unfortunately, it's nearly impossible to talk about the series today without mentioning that its most frequent presenter, Jimmy Savile, was revealed after his death to be one of the most prolific sexual predators in British history, and that at least 19 of the incidents of which he was accused happened during taping of ''Top of the Pops''; Dave Lee Travis, a regular presenter in the 1970s and 1980s, was likewise hit with multiple accusations of sexual assault, one of which led to a conviction. All episodes presented by Savile and/or Travis have been permanently pulled from reruns, and numerous TV critics continue to question the sensitivity of airing even the episodes with other presenters.

** It's hard to talk about ''Series/TheFairlyOddParentsFairlyOdder'', the live-action SequelSeries/reboot to the original series, without mentioning it winning the award for "Favorite Kids TV Show" at Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s 2023 Kids Choice Awards, which many people felt was an undeserved win due to the show being met with overwhelmingly negative reception, plus the fact that ''Fairly Odder'' was removed from Creator/ParamountPlus and Nickelodeon's website less than a year after it premiered.

** It's hard to talk about ''Series/TheFairlyOddParentsFairlyOdder'', the live-action SequelSeries/reboot to the original series, without mentioning it winning the "Favorite Kids TV Show" at Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s 2023 Kids Choice Awards, which many people felt was an undeserved win due to the show being met with overwhelmingly negative reception, plus the fact that ''Fairly Odder'' was removed from Creator/ParamountPlus and Nickelodeon's website less than a year after it premiered.

* Discussing any of the live-action ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' movies (''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'', ''Film/AFairlyOddChristmas'', and ''Film/AFairlyOddSummer'') to fans of the series will cause them to start ranting about how they {{retcon}}ned the much beloved DistantFinale ending to ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'' in favor of the future depicted here, which is the main reason why most fans [[FanonDiscontinuity vehemently refuse to acknowledge them as canon]].

* The short-lived Irish revival of ''Blind Date'' 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).

* ''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 outside it. The most notable claims made by Robertson during the show's run were that tragedies such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina were the result of [[BoltOfDivineRetribution God taking revenge on people]] Robertson despised; including the LGBT community, feminists, liberals, some non-Christians, and Christians who 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.", and removing any branding when the show airs, and there's no mention of the show on its website either. Ironically, ''700'' also airs on Creator/{{TBN}} and on local stations, but Robertson refused to let Freeform drop the show.

* ''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 outside it. The most notable claims made by Robertson during his lifetime were that tragedies such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina were the result of [[BoltOfDivineRetribution God taking revenge on people]] Robertson despised; including the LGBT community, feminists, liberals, some non-Christians, and Christians who 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.", and removing any branding when the show airs, and there's no mention of the show on its website either. Ironically, ''700'' also airs on Creator/{{TBN}} and on local stations, but Robertson refused to let Freeform drop the show.

** 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 mixed race or had their heritage downplayed. It wasn't until 2017 and 2021, respectively, that the franchise saw its first Black leads in Rachel Lindsay and 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 outside it. Most notable claims made by Robertson were that tragedies such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina were the result of [[BoltOfDivineRetribution God taking revenge on people]] Robertson despised, including the LGBT community, feminists, liberals, some non-Christians, and Christians who 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.", and removing any branding when the show airs, and there's no mention of the show on its website either. Ironically, ''700'' also airs on Creator/{{TBN}} and on local stations, but Robertson refused to let Freeform drop the show.

** The first series with Creator/JodieWhittaker as the Thirteen Doctor, the first female Doctor, have been overshadowed by the backlash caused by the casting (similarly to how many female fans protested the casting of Creator/PeterCapaldi as the Twelfth Doctor back in the day, when it was expected that the Twelfth Doctor would be female). The second series caused even more fan arguments due to the major retcons made to the mythos and backstory of the Doctor, most notably the Doctor's new and world-changing origin story and how it contradicted and invalidated what came before in the eyes of many fans. The showrunner during Whittaker's tenure, Creator/ChrisChibnall, while initially welcomed when he was first announced as showrunner following the success of his previous show ''Series/{{Broadchurch}}'' (which also featured Whittaker), soon became a very controversial figure in the ''Who'' fandom after people started to recall that he had written earlier ''Who'' episodes that had been criticized for their less-than-stellar writing, alongside the first season of ''Torchwood''.

** The show was made at a time when homosexuality and other related issues were largely considered AcceptableTargets for comedy, which has resulted in quite a few jokes that suffer from serious ValuesDissonance now. The biggest offender is the short ''Film/MrBNatural'', in which the title character is played by a woman whose sexiness is very much played up, resulting in many, many lines that can now come off as transphobic. It didn't help at all that the short became one of the most popular things the show ever did thanks to just how bizarre it is, and Mr. B even became an occasional drop-in character, causing it to maintain a very high profile among fans and likely one of the first things a new viewer will check out.

* ''The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker'' was a 2020 reality show on [[{{Creator/Sky}} Sky History]] which had an innocuous premise of a woodworking competition series... which exploded in controversy right after the first episode aired due to one of the contestants having several face tattoos of white supremacist symbols. Following a disastrous attempt to dispel the allegations[[note]]Sky defended the contestant's "88" tattoos as ''not'' being a code for "Heil Hitler", but a personal memento to commemorate his father's death, [[InstantlyProvenWrong which was immediately debunked when said father revealed he was still alive]][[/note]], the show was cancelled after a single episode, leaving the incident effectively the only thing it's known for.

* ''The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker'' was a 2020 reality show on [[{{Creator/Sky}} Sky History]] which had an innocuous premise of a woodworking competition series... which exploded in controversy right after the first episode aired due to one of the contestants having several face tattoos of white supremacist symbols. Following a disastrous attempt to dispel the allegations (Sky defended the contestant's "88" tattoos as ''not'' being a code for "Heil Hitler", but a personal memento to commemorate his father's death, [[InstantlyProvenWrong which was immediately debunked when said father revealed he was still alive]]), the show was cancelled after a single episode, leaving the incident effectively the only thing it's known for.

** 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. It wasn't until 2017 and 2021, respectively, that the franchise saw its first Black leads in Rachel Lindsay and Matt James.

** 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", in protest of the Catholic Church's child abuse, which was mostly unknown at that time. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes NBC has never rerun the on-air performance, using the dress rehearsal version where she held a photo of an African child, and clips of her on-air performance are only ever shown during segments on SNL's most controversial moments]].

* ''Megan Wants a Millionaire'' was a very short-lived reality show, in which a former ''Rock of Love'' contestant had seventeen wealthy men compete for her love. If the show is remembered at all today, it's for the fact that one of the finalists turned out to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jasmine_Fiore a suspected murderer]], which caused Creator/VH1 to suspend and then cancel the show.

** 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.

** 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", in protest of the Catholic Church's child abuse, which was mostly unknown at that time.

* The Creator/{{Netflix}} [[Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy series adaptation]] of ''Literature/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).

* ''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 were that tragedies such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina were the result of [[BoltOfDivineRetribution God taking revenge on people]] Robertson despised, 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.", and removing any branding when the show airs, and there's no mention of the show on its website too. Ironically, ''700'' also airs on Creator/{{TBN}} and on local stations, but Robertson refused to let Freeform drop the show.

** 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 and eventual winner 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 [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor 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]]

* ''Series/{{Empire}}'' got hit badly with this in February 2019 when one of the main actors, Creator/JussieSmollett, was apparently attacked by a pair of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump supporters in a racist and homophobic hate crime. There was a huge outpouring of support for the actor from the entertainment industry and even politicians who decried the attack. Then the case took a turn for the bizarre when, two weeks later, the attackers were discovered to have been a pair of immigrants from Nigeria who worked as extras on the show and said Smollett paid them to pretend to attack him, resulting in a swift and angry backlash from former supporters. This hit the show's (already declining) ratings hard, and ultimately it was announced that the sixth season would be the last one. See the OvershadowedByControversy/{{Music}} page for how this has affected Smollett himself.

* ''Karamo'' was a talk show similar to ''Maury'' and wasn't really popular, but now it's remembered for 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. Making things worse, 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 feel like a pariah, and even when she sadly had to concede and say this should make everyone think, Karamo threw it back on her and said it was her problem and her fault before ending the segment there. This 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 reaction and commentary channels being the only evidence of what happened in that episode. Many comments on newer videos continually bring up that Karamo should apologize to the critic; 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 posting comments begging for him to apologize to Ally. He even seemed to use her own words against her. Karamo went from the helpful guy on ''Queer Eye'' to a gaslighter.

** The lead actor of ''Series/KamenRiderSuper1'', Shunsuke Takasugi, who popularized the title role, basically ended his career when he scammed 50 million yen (about US $450,000) from his fans and didn't pay them back, and had to sell his ''Super-1'' henshin belt prop to some Yakuza to earn some money. He failed to appear in court and has been missing and on the run ever since.

** 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. He has since apologized for his actions.

* ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'' was one of Amazon Prime Video's earliest successes, running for 4 seasons from 2015 to 2019 and receiving tons of critical acclaim. However, it will always be remembered for a P.R. mishap wherein ''an entire New York City Subway car was covered with Nazi and Imperial Japanese imagery'' as part of its advertising campaign.

** The show being made at a time when homosexuality and other related issues were largely considered AcceptableTargets for comedy naturally has resulted in quite a few jokes that suffer from serious ValuesDissonance now. The biggest offender is the short ''Film/MrBNatural'', in which the title character is played by a woman whose sexiness is very much played up, resulting in many, many lines that can now come off as transphobic. It didn't help at all that the short became one of the most popular things the show ever did thanks to just how bizarre it is, and Mr. B even became an occasional drop-in character, causing it to maintain a very high profile among fans and likely one of the first things a new viewer will check out.

** ''Theatre/TitusAndronicus'' is best known for being broadcast well after the rest of Series 7 due to union action. The fact that it's BloodierAndGorier than the rest of Shakespeare's ouvre naturally led to rumours that the BBC got a little squeamish about its ultra-violent content and got into disagreements with producer Shaun Sutton about censorship.

* ''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.", and removing any branding when the show airs, and there's no mention of the show on its website too. Ironically, ''700'' also airs on Creator/{{TBN}} and on local stations, but Robertson refused to let Freeform drop the show.

** 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 and eventual winner 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]]

* ''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.", and removing any branding when the show airs, and there's no mention of the show on its website too. Ironically, ''700'' also airs on Creator/{{TBN}} and on local stations, but Robertson refuses to let Freeform drop the show.