HBO Max and Adult Swim are both owned by WarnerMedia, which previously received praise for how they handled controversial content by not editing or hiding it.
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The Daily Beast says the episode that was removed featured "a pregnant woman who gives birth to a police officer, who is then called a 'dirty pig.'" Adult Swim told The Daily Beast that that episode will "be returning to the site and included when the series debuts on HBO Max." They did not specify when that will be. The Adult Swim series The Shivering Truth has also had an episode removed from the Adult Swim website. HBO Max has all of Aqua Teen's episodes listed correctly, and South Park, which has episodes missing from HBO Max because of potential terrorist threats, also has their episodes listed correctly. Episode 5 is now listed as episode 4, episode 6 is now listed as episode 5, etc. HBO Max and the Adult Swim website has incorrectly labeled The Boondocks season 3 to hide the missing episode. McGruder recently signed up for a two-season revival of The Boondocks that will air exclusively on HBO Max. The Daily Beast contacted the creator of The Boondocks, Aaron McGruder, but a representative for him declined to comment. "Oftentimes these decisions are made in collaboration with the show’s creators.” The Aqua Teen and Boondocks episodes are now "permanently retired due to cultural sensitivities." For example, the episode of The Boondocks that was retired features the character Uncle Ruckus partnering with a racist country singer.
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A representative for HBO Max told The Daily Beast in an article published on Tuesday that “neither of those episodes are part of our streaming deals.” Variety reports that the "Shake Like Me" episode was uploaded "due to a software error and was promptly removed."Īdult Swim takes the blame and says that the removed episodes don't line up with their current "policies." "When Adult Swim transitions series to a new platform, we determine what episodes are selected through creative and cultural filters and our standards and practices policies," the Adult Swim representative told The Daily Beast. The Adult Swim Reddit page has a user pointing out on HBO Max's launch date that episodes of The Boondocks that were once banned are on the service, except for season 3, episode 4 "The Story of Jimmy Rebel." The Aqua Teen Reddit page has a user complaining back in June about the lack of season 6, episode 2 "Shake Like Me." The Aqua Teen episode was reportedly reinstated back in August, according to another Reddit user, but is currently not available. When HBO Max, which also hosts Adult Swim content, launched in May 2020, it didn't take fans long to realize that episodes were missing. The episodes are not currently available on either the Adult Swim website or HBO Max due to "cultural insensitivities." Adult Swim has "permanently retired" an episode of The Boondocks and an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force as well as "temporarily rested" an episode of The Shivering Truth.