UPDATED: Comedy Central heavily censors last night's South Park episode after warning from Muslim group
For those who missed last night’s South Park scandal du jour: Following a “warning” from a radical Muslim group who were out to “raise awareness” of the fact that South Park creators might, you know, possibly be brutally murdered for poking fun at Muhammad—they’re just sayin’, is all—Comedy Central aired a heavily censored version of last night’s “201” episode with all instances of the word “Muhammad” (and there were a lot) bleeped out. You can read all about it in our review, in which we (okay, I) pondered at the time whether it was a network decision or a creative one, perhaps meant as some sort of satirical commentary on the ridiculousness of censorship. The climactic scene, where the show’s usual “I learned something today” speech was itself covered up by protracted bleeps, certainly seemed to suggest the latter. However, not 15 minutes after the review was posted, we received word that the episode had been pulled from its usual midnight rerun slot, an unusual circumstance quickly followed by this message appearing on South Park Studios, in place of where the streaming episode would normally go:
