On AMC's Preacher, Herr Starr said fuck in the season 3 finale, and the closed captioning actually spelled it out. When Daryl said it, he kind of did a really short-stop version of the word, and the CC said "no audio" lol.

 

Honestly, TWD should've been dropping the occasional F bomb since S1.

 

And what is this newfangled "bomb of F" crap making the rounds lately, like is this some kind of delicate fashionable way of saying the EFF word? <- I get that on some particular media they now censor this beautiful word so do you like hold your cup of tea with the pinky finger sticking out while you say it or what?

 

This is not a kids show and if people are worried about their kids hearing it on tv they are ridiculous. If they ride the bus they have heard (and probably said) much worse. I think people look for things to be offended by. A lot worse things happen on this show than an F bomb.

 

It flies out of my mouth on a daily basis.....and if I am to be completely honest it flies out of my mouth several times per day LOL

As a child (and this was many moons ago) my parents were never the type to shy away from or try to shield us from the popular curse words of the day. Now granted by today's standards their library of expletives was considerably more tame than today. Sign of the times is all that boils down to. Anyway.....their use of those words did not scar me. It did not send me down the path of no redemption. They never chastised me for using them as I grew into my middle school/high school age. For me they were just words that were used to express anger, frustration, disbelief, etc. They were never this notion of being taboo.

So it is quite difficult for me to wrap my head around people becoming so enraged over a word...being used on a television show that is geared to an older-ish audience

 

Actually it's been used before on TWD. At least once. I think they are allowed one a season.

 

I know it was used on Fear by Nick, I don't remember it in the last 3 years on TWD, but doesn't mean it didn't happen.

 

It's a strange old world when they're restricted from using a word too often, but can and do show intense, graphic violence on a regular basis. It's not a family show. I doubt that too many children are watching. If they are, I'm sure they're more affected by the visuals than the language.

 

They did at least once because I was all WOAH and rewound. LOL

 

They garbled it on my showing and I don't remember seeing anything in the closed captions.

 

It's never been said on TWD during broadcast, as far as I remember. Only on the dvds.

Fear had two, and amc said they were giving each show two per season, but we didn't have any in s4 ftwd or s8 of twd.

It was the prefect placement of it, Daryl giving an emotional speech.

Let that sink in for a moment, Daryl gave an emotional speech. I love this season.

 

I remember a time or two where someone went "fu- and then kind of cut it off with a breath so that it gave the impression of the full word, but I don't remember it ever being said fully with closed captioning. There has been a few F bombs on the DVD/Bluray versions though.

 

Haven't heard it used on air before, and only remember two times ( not counting Negan's alternate f-laden intro) on DVD, both times by Rick.

My memory might be faulty, though. Daryl may have said it in an alternatate take.

 

It was said once. I can't remember the scene specifically but I remember rewinding because I wasn't sure my ears were deceiving me. LOL

 

It's funny. We hear that word all the time, movies, real life. But when we hear it in places it doesn't normally belong, it hits you like a brick.

 

The censors must be on red alert by the time it gets to the Pacific Time showing because I have never heard it.

 

Yeah it was clear as day here.

 

The FCC does not censor basic cable, rather it is the individual channel that opts to self censor. No doubt a kneel to advertisers.

For instance, FX uses the word F*ck on the regular and it is part of basic cable programming as is AMC

So I think it is a matter of preference rather than regulation

https://www.slashfilm.com/swearing-on-syfy-and-usa/

From the article:
"Previously, swearing on SyFy and USA stuck to the guidelines laid out by the Federal Communications Commission, but as a basic cable channel, their Standards and Practices division was not actually beholden to follow those rules strictly. Instead, they answer to their advertisers, who traditionally don’t like it when things get controversial on television programming, and that includes salty language, especially when it comes to network television like NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX. So they’ve kept things clean for the most part."
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The only thing holding back basic cable networks from using what is considered to be more vulgar language is their advertisers.