Mr. Robot (TV Show) did not run tonight because somebody dies on the show. Bullshit!

[BlueJazz]

The reason was something like: The shooting is a little like what happened today.
So I suppose the next time a man or woman is shot in this country, we'll have to stop all shows that have a man or woman shot on a make-believe show.

Americans love to wallow in self-sorrow.

[yeoman6987]

1. Facebook most were supportive

I don't watch the show but I know that some probably were disappointed because it was the season finale but it will be on next week.

[cyberswede]

2. The ep "contains a graphic scene similar in nature to today’s tragic events in Virginia"

“The previously filmed season finale of Mr. Robot contains a graphic scene similar in nature to today’s tragic events in Virginia,” reads an official statement from USA. “Out of respect to the victims, their families and colleagues, and our viewers, we are postponing tonight’s episode. Our thoughts go out to all those affected during this difficult time.”

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/476221-mr-robot-season-finale-postponed

It won't hurt anybody to wait a week to see the episode.

[BlueJazz]

4. I understand but my point being is: Americans don't seem to really care if people die either from..

...being shot live on a news report or robbed or hungry or homeless or broke or stressed or over-work or sick and dying or hundreds of other ways.

What Americans CAN do is "Oh! Isn't that terrible?? What can we do to fix it? I know!! Not run a TV show tonight! (Sound the trumpets) DA_DA!!

[Journeyman]

15. Well, hey. At least someone did something! That's a switch. Who did anything after Sandy Hook?. . .

[joshcryer]

17. So what if people don't care.

A great show like Mr. Robot doesn't need to be tainted because it had a similar scene. Andy Greenwald (TV reviewer) made it abundantly clear here: http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/why-usa-was-right-to-delay-the-mr-robot-finale/

[BlueJazz]

20. I just don't think that people are that sensitive. I feel they can separate their emotions.

Although, it's quite possible I'm a little callous on the subject.

[joshcryer]

23. "possible I'm a little callous on the subject"

I see where you're coming from. I've seen a lot of internet shit. Gore, nastiness, whatever.

But I wish I could take it all back. All of it. Starting from the first gore I ever saw online just over a decade ago. As it stands now I can kind of look at it and it doesn't register (though the POV shooting video really struck with me).

In that vein I can imagine myself being someone who wasn't exposed to that shit. And I can't help but feel for them because, unlike myself, exposed to utter carnage for a decade or more, they're clean. Like I wish I would be.

It's a totally different reality for a lot of people.

[Kelvin Mace]

28. Agreed,

but I think this explanation should have been your original post, as it conveys your point with greater impact.

[TDale313]

3. I think they did the right thing.

A touch of empathy and sensitivity is not a bad thing. If they felt it would be insensitive to air it tonight I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

[BlueJazz]

5. Refer to #4 but I value your opinion

[reformist2]

6. If only more shows would do that! It would mean less violence on TV.

[BlueJazz]

7. Your words are true but then the quality of programming might rise.

[Orrex]

30. Violence has been an integral part of entertainment for millennia

Art imitates life imitates art.

[LittleBlue]

8. This country is so ridiculous.

Won't support greater gun control but would freak out over *gasp* the fictional portrayal of a crime!

[Lorien]

14. Truly. Which is more offensive?

n/t

[Rex]

26. America is the land of illusion. No wonder we are so fucked up when it comes to priorities.

If Hollywood really wanted to make an impact, it would refuse to show gun deaths on TVEE...but that would hurt the bottom line and as we know - money trumps all other issues.

[DavidDvorkin]

9. It's condescending

We know the difference between a TV show and reality.

[gwheezie]

10. Love that show

I'll watch it next week. I'm more upset that real people are being killed.

[Lorien]

13. Agreed. Although there will likely be another shooting

next week as well, because there seems to be one just about EVERY week, and still the masses just shrug and say "well, that's just the price of freedumb.."

[joshcryer]

18. Same.

My initial reaction was disappointment but then my reality clicked and yeah, it's just a TV show, and yeah, it'll be on next week. And yeah, first world problems.

[olddots]

11. I think Mose Allison said it best

"I don't worry bout a thing cuzz I know nothin is gonna work out right " the nature of TV is to pander as if it was a human being ,any disaster is a great way to sell more shit while they interupt normal programming . Its alive. the TV is alive !!!!!!!!!!!!! it is our freind in need. a freind indeed .

shit I miss Howdy Doody he reminds me of Wolf Blitzer only more poised .

[LeftyMom]

12. After 9/11 they edited the WTC out of Spiderman

and pulled "The City of New York versus Homer Simpson" from syndication for years and years. And made last minute changes to upcoming fashion lines that were going to be middle east inspired. And changed album covers. Probably some other crap I'm forgetting.

Whether or not you're personally bothered by something, entertainment is a business and showing a little sensitivity to traumatized people is probably the best business move, in addition to being the high moral ground.

[joshcryer]

16. Christ. It was out of respect. So the fuck what.

It's just a damn TV show. And yes it's my favorite TV show on right now and I was at first disappointed but it was the right thing to do.

[BlueJazz]

21. My feelings are: If my wife/friend were killed, I wouldn't be concerned about what happened or..

...happens in a make-believe show. Also IF I'm that truly saddened by all the death around me/us, the show being shown September 2 will "dredge up all those horrible memories".

[joshcryer]

22. That's bullshit and you know it.

If your wife/friend were killed you'd appreciate a show not showing some violence in a similar fashion.

You're not going to fucking tune in to a show which you know has violence in it the same day.

Utterly ridiculous.

[BlueJazz]

27. Not to me. It wouldn't bother me at all. I can only express what I would feel.

My parents died in a plane crash 2 days after the 9/11 thing and my sorrow was so great that seeing the planes crashing and killing all those people were like adding a 2 lb box to a loaded tractor-trailer.

But I respect your thoughts on the subject.

[joshcryer]

32. I'm sorry to hear that.

[BlueJazz]

33. Thank you.

[Tsiyu]

19. I love this show

but they made the right call.

Delaying gratification to show respect to the grieving is a good thing, a mature thing, but not necessarily an American thing.

[Tipperary]

24. I remember when the Twin Towers were edited out of TV shows after 9/11. I am unaware if they

still do this, but I thought it was ridiculous at the time and still do.

[Rex]

25. Don't worry, it will be back next week with death and murder.

The way Hollywood expresses their 'outrage' at gun deaths is as shallow as anything else I've ever seen.

[bullwinkle428]

29. Anyone remember the show "The Greatest American Hero" on ABC back in the 1980s?

The title character's original last name was "Hinckley", but the show producers made the change to something else (shortly before the show's debut) following the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley.

[Orrex]

31. Thank god they didn't show a woman breastfeeding

It would have ripped the satellites right out of the sky.

[Bluenorthwest]

34. I assume you have not seen the scene in question. But that does not stop you from qualifiying it

and describing it as if you had. You say 'a little like' while the makers of the show say there was a 'graphic scene similar in nature' to the events yesterday. The people who made it say their scene is both similar and graphic, and that would be their call as they make the show. You do not know how similar or in what ways, they do.

But obviously someone needs to say I'm sorry your TV show is delayed by a week, the world will resume revolving around your entertainment needs shortly. Americans love to get what they want when they want it, no?

[BlueJazz]

36. For a good reason I would not care. It's a TV show, not a documentary. People die every day.

It is sad. That's this universe.

[PersonNumber503602]

35. I found it rather annoying too. Maybe I'm just too dense to understand the reasoning

but it doesn't make any sense to me. Not to mention the fact that it was a major spoiler.