"Family Guy," "American Dad" pulled after rampage

The cast of the animated sitcom "Family Guy." / Fox

NEW YORK Hollywood has responded to the rampage at a Connecticut elementary school by pulling back on its offerings, and one star says the entertainment industry should take some responsibility for such violence.

Fox pulled new episodes of "Family Guy" and "American Dad" that were to air Sunday to avoid potentially sensitive content. The originally scheduled episode of "Family Guy" had Peter telling his own version of the nativity story. The "American Dad" episode told the story of a demon who punished naughty children at Christmas. Both series plan to substitute reruns.

In addition, Fox confirmed that a schedule repeat of "The Cleveland Show" for Sunday was swapped for another rerun of that series out of the same concern, and premieres for Tom Cruise's "Jack Reacher" and the family comedy "Parental Guidance" were postponed after Friday's shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn., that ended with 28 people dead, including 20 children as well as the gunman.

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Hollywood should take some responsibility for such violence, Jamie Foxx, one of the industry's biggest stars, said Saturday as he promoted Quentin Tarantino's upcoming, ultra-violent, spaghetti Western-style film about slavery, "Django Unchained."

In an interview, Jamie Foxx said actors cannot "turn their back" on that fact that movie violence can influence people.

The film's press junket was continuing in New York as scheduled. Tarantino said he was tired of defending his films each time the nation is shocked by gun violence, saying "tragedies happen" and blame should fall on those guilty of the crimes.

[ReallyPeopleReally]

I stubbed my toe...Damn Doors should be outlawed so that wouldnt happen.

[ReallyPeopleReally]

You all are forgettting one major thing, check out the main page of CBSNEWS. Instead of only removing Violent shows than remove Violent News too. The main page is filled with story after story of the shootings. Telling a story in any way possible. YOU ARE GLORIFYING A KILLER, CBS!!! Same thing with the movie theater incident too. But Hollywood is too blame!
Its not about what is on TV, people you know this...Remember you are still the parent, you have control over what is on that TV in your home.
But if you want to place the blame on Hollywood for making a buck go right ahead, becasue we can all see it makes you feel better.
I may not want my children watching certain things on TV, so guess what I dont let them.
This is nothing more than a bunch of BLAMESTORMING!
It starts at home, not on the TV. If you dont want your kids to watch a certain show, lock the channel or dont buy cable (remember that is a choice). If you dont want your kid listening to a certain song, dont let them buy it, keep control over their phones and mp3 players. If you are still so scared that the world is too violent for your bubble child, than you should have thought about that before bringing them into this "horrible" world.
Try talking to your kids or even hanging out with them for an evening without TV. Start there...not with blaming a TV show (which you are not forced to watch)

[Rawbbeh]

You obviously have no idea how to parent. If you control your kid, you're doing a bad job. If, instead of actually being there with your child watching what they're watching, you're letting the TV do it, you're doing a bad job. And when a child is controlled too much they will eventually lash out.

Music, movies, games. These things do not create violence. Growing up, I played multiple games, at least 75% were over the top violence. I watched TV shows and movies that had people with gaping holes in their bodies. I listen to music that you'd probably faint if you'd heard it.

My point is a child doesn't learn this stuff. They are wrong in the head.

Not to mention the total hypocrisy of your post saying "YOU'RE BLAMING PEOPLE!" and then go on to blame CBS. Congratulations.

Fact is you have absolutely no valid points. You just want someone to blame because you're angry and are afraid to take the blame for being terrible at your job. Grow up.

Don't like what I said? Don't read it. No gun to your head.

[vpjohnso]

I haven't gone to a FOLLYWOOD movie in years since I don't support their arrogant hypocritical ways. They are "against" violence and "greed" yet they promote violence through vivid graphical details in killings and collect tons of "evil" money for showing that type of violence. So, hopefully FOLLYWOOD will send its arrogant "creatives" to sitting on park benches begging for money. We don't need them and their kind!

[I_Hate_Politics]

We live in a world where Christmas is offensive, but an episode featuring EXTREME transphobia based upon the creator's true feelings is not. Wow.

[TheChristianLibertarian]

So Peter Griffin doing Christmas jokes can provoke a massacre Football is way more violent but you do not see Fox giving any consideration in canceling that. Hollywood does not need to apologize for what happen. It is not there fault not even remotely

[DJ_Rebelion]

So let me get this b.s straight Family Guy and American Dad are the reason for mass murder? *** how can people be so stupid? America..... yo the guy was crazy obviously he killed his own mother. That has nothing to do with F.G or A.D they have over a hundred channels for people who don't want to watch it to be entertained by something else. America needs to stop blaming everything else except the people doing the sht. Everything doesn't have an angle sometimes it's cut and dry. And these idiots talking about taking our guns away lol when someone breaks into your house do you get A. Knife? B. Bat? C. Phone? or D. Shotgun? Guns are good for protection but like anything else can be used for devilish acts. It's not the guns it's giving crazy people who need to be evaluated guns. Certain people are easily influenced by repeated statements and need to start to think logically for yourselves.

[Graymatter2000]

Maybe it should be titled, "FOX" and not "Hollywood". Lay the blame where it lies.

[lesliesmith57]

Who's to say that people who commit these crimes even watch these cartoons or movies. They could be reading the bible and decide to do this. It the person and the way they were raised that makes them do this. I also believe the reaction the media is giving is more fuel to the fire than entertainment tv. The media is "praising" this guy with articles like "The Brief, Enigmatic Life of Mass-murder Adam Lanza" that makes these guys who do this think 'well I'll be famous after i die with this one'. Please media stop praising these weirdo's and put more positive news out. I know negative sells, but at what cost.

[wano1948]

Good post & thoughts.

[thethinkingartist]

I'm still learning how to reply on this site, so I hope I'm doing this right.

But Observist:

I've seen you posting all up and down this page preaching of the evils of violent video games and trashy television.
I am 19 years old. I have been coddled since a young age and raised in a middle class family. I've played any and all violent video games I could get (much to my parents' dismay, my friends let me borrow them). I've played every Grand theft auto, call of duty, Fallout, Bully, Far Cry and Borderlands game I could get my hands on. I've been watching the Simpsons since I don't know when, and shows like Family Guy and American Dad since they aired. Family Guy is a parody of life. It makes humor of the mundane and ridiculous. American Dad is a parody of politics, religion, and social issues. None of the episodes promote shooting elementary school kids. As for the games? All of them have varying amounts of violence. Heck, Fallout 3 has a perk that when you shoot someone they turn to gore. I was also a very angry child/teen. I was bullied constantly for as long as I can remember. I'd get suspended from school and cuss at teachers sometimes (not saying this is good behavior, I've since learned better).

But even after all of this, I never toted a gun to the nearby schools and started popping children. On the contrary, in High School the only people I would talk to were small children because they weren't as judgmental and crude as people my age. Violence against children utterly disgusts me. So what's the difference between me and this man who shot up a school? Obviously the man had serious mental problems. In fact he had Aspergers. Which doesn't necessarily mean all people with Aspergers are trigger happy child killers, but the man was imbalanced. It's ludicrous to say violent TV and video games caused this man to flip his lid, when he was already mentally imbalanced, and there are many, many people who play the same games and watched the same shows and are perfectly fine and sane.

As for where he got the idea to go shoot these kids besides video games and television, who knows? Maybe he read it in a book (because many books are more violent and obscene than some TV shows and games today). Maybe his Mother, who was a hobbyist with guns, showed him how to hunt, or explained what a gun does, and he thought that was the best way to deal with his anger. Or maybe, he watched the news, and saw how noticed people get when they create a national tragedy, and wanted to "go out with a bang" as it were.

Do I know this for a fact? No. But you can't just automatically assume it was video games and just preach the evils of that, especially when there were also many other details to consider.

[bundye]

Hollywood should also remove the "so-called" good monsters, Terminator, the movie with all the mayhem in a city that was produced lately, also. Too much violence on TV and in the movies has great affect on the minds of those unstable persons such as we have seen lately. Also take Southpark off....this is totally arrogant.

[doonboggle]

Yet ... just a few short days ago, 'PUKE' FOXX BRAGGED, on NATIONAL TV, that he portrayed another 'puke' wherein he ... actor-etc. ... KILLED ALL THE WHITE FOLKS !!!!!!!!!

SHAME SHAME SHAME PUKE!!!! 2-faced hyprocrit !!!!