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Heathers is on the outs again. Deadline reports Paramount Network has pulled episodes of the TV show following the recent shooting in Pittsburgh.
Based on the 1988 film, the dark comedy is set in the present day and follow Veronica Sawyer (Grace Victoria Cox), a girl dealing with her own group of vicious Heathers. The cast also includes Brendan Scannell, James Scully, Melanie Field, Jasmine Mathews, and original movie star Shannen Doherty.
Paramount has been airing edited episodes of the series, but Sunday night’s episodes were pulled in light of recent events. According to Deadline, the episodes in question “featured a storyline involving high school students undergoing active shooter training.”
Episodes seven and eight will remain available via VOD, on the Paramount app, and on the Paramount website. The remaining episode of Heathers will air as scheduled tonight.
What do you think? Are you watching Heathers? Do you think the show should get a second season?
These networks have got to stop being gun shy, and go back to the days where programming pushed the envelop (such as All In The Family, The Jeffersons, etc.) and deal with real life events.
Ridiculous! Did they think the shootings would just stop?! I can’t. Luckily this has already aired overseas.
Really Pulling Episodes over stuff like this. This is the reason I no longer watch Cable TV. First they Aired Edited Versions of the shows and now the pull complete Episodes. This World is a freaking Joke and any little thing makes People do dumb things like pull Complete Episodes, Edit Them or even Cancel a show. Shootings have been happening for a long time now in the world and Especially the US. I have a Teacher friend in the States that does these School Shooting Drills it is a way of life. Oh and they were not shooting up… Read more »