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Everybody Hates Chris Xmas episode causing small backlash

by Joel Keller, posted Dec 23rd 2005 6:19PM
Everybody Hates ChrisApparently, Everybody Hates Chris has a bigger family audience than either Chris Rock or UPN imagined. The network had to field a "handful" of complaints after the show's Christmas episode, in which Chris' little sister Tonya is shown by brother Drew that Santa Claus doesn't exist. The complaints were from parents who had to explain the episode to their kids, who were also watching. Remember, this is a show that has been gently exploring race issues the entire season; the "n-word" was even said a few times in the first few episodes. But what gets all the attention? The episode that says there is no Santa Claus. Even the show's co-creator couldn't escape criticism; Ali LeRoi's 6-year-old son was also upset at the holiday exposé.

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Nip Tuck

Seriously UPN! This was a HUGE mistake. Yeah it may seem like a trivial thing in a tv show, but there are indeed a lot of kids like mine that watch the show and this caused me some serious problems following the episode. Let's hope the show doesn't have any more problems like this.

January 12 2006 at 1:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Geekwad

"My 6 year old didn't ask any questions, so he probably wasn't paying attention or maybe I was just lucky."

Or maybe you have successfully retarded your child's ability to think critically.

January 12 2006 at 1:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Meb

I don't watch this show, but I know there have been a few instances that things have been said about Santa being real. As a parent, if you don't want to have that discussion, you do your best to screen what the kids see this time of year. We had it on our local news, and I couldn't reach the remote in time. My 6 year old didn't ask any questions, so he probably wasn't paying attention or maybe I was just lucky. :)

December 24 2005 at 6:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chet

Hey, geez, man. You totally just ruined the whole Santa thing for my kid! Don't you realize that families read your blog??

kidding.

December 23 2005 at 11:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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