Top 20 Most Controversial TV Moments Ever
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Күн бұрынTV audiences couldn't believe these controversial moments. For this list, we’ll be looking at both scripted scenes from TV shows and unrehearsed or unexpected TV moments that generated controversy. Our countdown includes "Emily in Paris," "13 Reasons Why," "Ellen," and more! Which TV moment is most controversial to YOU? Let us know in the comments!
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@WatchMojo 8 ай бұрын
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@DarylMCDeath 8 ай бұрын
11:20 "Experts"?!?! Ridiculous! They weren`t gloryfing anything they even put a warning in the beginning of each episode you people are ridiculous!
@daveerk6573 8 ай бұрын
NONE. WOKEMOJO
@Meta_was_my_idea 8 ай бұрын
A lot of those older controversial incidents are so minor today.
@brycecheng193 8 ай бұрын
You're so cute on your channel, marry me?
@renashaval3246 8 ай бұрын
Most of them yes but you still don't want to say a single negative thing about Islam's last Prophet and I respect that.
@treborrobinson8665 8 ай бұрын
True!
@zyourzgrandzmaz 8 ай бұрын
For real, like Putin invaded a whole ass country and Biden is a goldfish
@ronm3034 8 ай бұрын
Facts I was saying the same but I guess at that time it’s was a big deal
@angelasieg5099 8 ай бұрын
I was watching SNL when the picture incident happened. I was about 15 and a Catholic school girl. I was horrified. Later as and adult and child abuse survivor I found out she was also horribly abused as a child. I understand now why she made such a protest.
@sweetsuszie 8 ай бұрын
She didnt deserve all the back lash that happened...she was trying to bring awareness to something g horrid, and she was right
@nosuchthing8 8 ай бұрын
@sweetsuszie sure, but burning someone in effigy is closer to the holocaust
@maninblue88 8 ай бұрын
I didn't agree with Sinead's actions as a younger person back then, admittedly, but I absolutely understand her reasoning and now very much respect her stance as an adult. RIP Sinead!
@jennyfab312 8 ай бұрын
@@sweetsuszieyeah too much hero worship of frank sinatra help fuel the hate. She was 100% correct. And received little recognition for being correct
@d.b.1176 8 ай бұрын
@@nosuchthing8well that’s an insane comment
@trinaq 8 ай бұрын
I can't believe that Miley's infamous Twerking happened a full decade ago. Most of my relatives only know Robin Thicke through this incident, and not because of his music.
@Artisan1979 8 ай бұрын
But the photoshopped image that replaced Robin Thicke's head with that of Beetlejuice will live on forever lol
@jennyfab312 8 ай бұрын
I didn't think what she did was bad per se. What I found ridiculous was her trying SO HARD to be edgy. She could have just sang some music of the genre she was trying to break into. Or pick a better duet partner
@karlc2869 8 ай бұрын
@@Artisan1979 Robin now has no career except on TMS. 😂
@shonda79able 7 ай бұрын
@@jennyfab312I agree. I would have been laughing at her desperation if I were in the audience.
@spiceupyourlife7755 8 ай бұрын
The VMA performance and Marvin Gaye’s family suing Robin Thick was the end for his music career.
@karlc2869 8 ай бұрын
And he's now on Masked Singer, LOL.
@jennyfab312 8 ай бұрын
He wasn't good anyway
@karlc2869 8 ай бұрын
@@jennyfab312 He only capitalized on the fame of his dad Alan Thicke aka Mr. Seaver on Growing Pains.
@Buggy-su4oy 8 ай бұрын
May Sinead rest in peace beside her son.
@BlueCuracao. 8 ай бұрын
12:29 What is wrong with you, Mojo? That is NOT having sex, it's rape
@6Poppy_Sicle 8 ай бұрын
That is a disturbing thing to say about rape
@rattis 8 ай бұрын
They would get demonitized for saying the word rape.
@chrislair6832 8 ай бұрын
Sinead O'Conner was demonized so bad for being right
@MadameMeowth 8 ай бұрын
The "Wardrobe Malfunction" was so stupid, even back in 2004. Jackson was wearing something over her nipple but everyone lost their minds over a boob
@frankieseward8667 8 ай бұрын
If sinead had done that just after the church scandal cane out, she'd be a hero. Instead she was a martyr. Eh. At least she won in the end. RIP sinead.
@nosuchthing8 8 ай бұрын
Sinaed is dead? That's sad. No one compares to her.
@jpmackey1607 8 ай бұрын
@@nosuchthing8Yeah, she passed away in July.
@notperfectandneverwillbe4825 8 ай бұрын
What did she win? Her actions basically ruined her life.
@lyoness6 8 ай бұрын
The "wardrobe malfunction" incident demonised Janet Jackson while Justin Timberlake received almost no blowback. A perfect example of misogyny in the entertainment industry.
@Jodi_Johnson 8 ай бұрын
Yet people are coming for Justins neck now, but Janet has said a million times it wasn't Justin's fault at all.
@fromthehaven94 8 ай бұрын
@@Jodi_JohnsonBut Janet was essentially blacklisted.
@karlc2869 8 ай бұрын
@@fromthehaven94 Justin apologized but his sorry feel flat. BTW the main culprit is Les Moonves.
@karlc2869 8 ай бұрын
Les Moonves, the main man of CBS at the time, is the main culprit, bud. At least he got karma, LOL.
@karlc2869 8 ай бұрын
@@drmanhattan5970 IKR.
@anvmelia 8 ай бұрын
Emily in Paris is a disgrace
@leVraiQuasar 8 ай бұрын
c'est surtout nul a chier, dans un paris qui n'a jamais existé
@emersongalli5184 8 ай бұрын
I'm from Brazil and trust me, the only wrong thing about that Simpsons' episode was the monkeys on streets and rats, we don't have those walking freely. But the rest, especially today, are very accurate.
@TSierra 8 ай бұрын
I still remember when Negan was first introduced when he killed Abraham and Glen. I was so speechless and shocked, I also remember how viral it went and the fans reaction to their deaths.
@muddymom 8 ай бұрын
I remember being horrified. I stopped watching the show after that episode.
@moustachemoe 8 ай бұрын
14:19 I think this episode of Maude is so important. It shows that abortion is healthcare and isn’t always about “careless women.” Two people in a healthy marriage decide to terminate a fetus because carrying it to term wouldn’t be safe for mother or child and is not an easy decision.
@kenterminateddq5311 8 ай бұрын
8:28 People were disgusted at what Sinead did but, on hindsight, she had been warning us about the ominous truth about The Pope all along. RIP Sinead O'Connor. NOBODY can compare 2 U! 😢
@nosuchthing8 8 ай бұрын
As a very young child, a relative Made some sort of joke about not letting a priest in the house unless their pants were on backwards. I didn't get it then, but it's super obvious now.
@Dopecheetah 8 ай бұрын
“Home” is one of the best episodes of the X-Files and one of the best episodes in TV yo. Period.
@muddymom 8 ай бұрын
Agreed. Another equally disturbing and excellent show was Millennium, season one episode one.
@cakes3958 8 ай бұрын
The US owes Janet an apology
@danielsantiagourtado3430 8 ай бұрын
Never had been able to watch an episode of hannah montana the same way after that
@regdexter4014 8 ай бұрын
I’m definitely different 😂
@aliengranpa 8 ай бұрын
I always pictured her dad going "oh Miley 🤦🤦"
@dawnieangel76 8 ай бұрын
I think it's very upsetting that so many female actresses coming off of being a Disney "princess" feel the need to immediately go to X-rated acts to show they're adults now. Hilary & Haley Duff didn't, Aly and AJ Michalka didn't....Raven Symone, Christy Carlson Romano, and of course, Zendaya, all matured without going crazy. Miley is so damned talented, that was so sad to see.
@thelifeofsweetangelchristi817 8 ай бұрын
True but you got to realize..some of these kids were being pushed into showbiz. Billy Ray even admitted to pushing Miley Into it. Everyone knows how controversial Disney is and what gones on behind the scenes . These kids really didn't have a choice and being forced into something you don't want to do will cause you to be rebellious.. speaking from experience
@karlc2869 8 ай бұрын
Ashley Tisdale too.
@dawnieangel76 8 ай бұрын
@@thelifeofsweetangelchristi817 Rebellious, absolutely. Becoming a dumpster fire is a whole other story.
@aliengranpa 8 ай бұрын
Sansas wedding night was more offensive than lighting a child on fire??
@rundown132 8 ай бұрын
'Murica
@ellenwuzhere 8 ай бұрын
You should read the book version. Yech!
@MadameMeowth 8 ай бұрын
Nobody said a thing when Dany, who was only 14, was given to Khal Drogo.
@HookedOnSonics518 8 ай бұрын
I didn't hear any outrage where they killed children and infants in season 2, or when Craster's wives were being raped by the Night's Watch deserters. Selective outrage is hilarious.
@enragedcallofduty6486 8 ай бұрын
Thats how glenns death literally happened in the comic that the walking dead is slightly based on
@Hollergirlohio 8 ай бұрын
Never understood why blamed janet for the malfunction when it was justin was the one who ripped the dress. Wth.
@jennyfab312 8 ай бұрын
Oh we know why SHE was vilified and his career skyrocketed.
@Hollergirlohio 8 ай бұрын
@@jennyfab312 true but with the me too movement u would think that the fact would apologize to Janet for something that was not her fault. Too much is reverting historically for women. So scared for my kids and next generation
@thomasarsenal5465 8 ай бұрын
The Simpsons did more of a hatchet job on Ireland than Brazil! But to be fair least we can take it as "a bit of craic" ☘️☘️☘️
@yozzer56 8 ай бұрын
"It got a lot nicer when we sent the idiots to America where you for some reason made them police officers..." 😂
@poliltinktink5343 8 ай бұрын
And O'Conner was 1000% accurate! 🤨
@josh33025 8 ай бұрын
The x-files holds up for how old it is.
@joshuamohlman 8 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure a lot of moments in Game of Thrones could fill up a Top 20 List
@regdexter4014 8 ай бұрын
Sinead O’Connor was right for doing what she did
@jimbo9208 8 ай бұрын
how was he right
@aliengranpa 8 ай бұрын
I remember watching it live. I was too young to understand wtf she was doing but the silence from the audience told me all I needed to know.
@Uncle_Smidge 8 ай бұрын
@@jimbo9208She called out the rampant sex abuse in the church that is hugely obvious in hindsight. Google is your friend.
@pandanarkystudios5198 8 ай бұрын
Sopranos ending... was genius. If you can't come up with what likely went down then you have no imagination I like to think he went quietly since carm and the kids were there
@tiananesbitt7156 8 ай бұрын
I disagree!
@pandanarkystudios5198 8 ай бұрын
@@tiananesbitt7156 thats okay too
@pandanarkystudios5198 8 ай бұрын
@@stevenhochlander1630 I know! And I know the creator has said Tony dies after the cut, but I don't know why everyone needs to see that
@jeremywilliams5141 8 ай бұрын
An honorable mention should go to the Beavis and Butthead episode "Heroes". And I don't know if this counts. But what the interracial kiss between Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura in 1968 in the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren"?
@muddymom 8 ай бұрын
That Star Trek episode definitely should've been on this list.
@williamsummerson1204 8 ай бұрын
Beavis and Butthead aren't meant to be taken seriously.
@Areniapixie 8 ай бұрын
NO! No! Why did you have to remind me about Glenn 😭 right before bed too
@Animeguy300 8 ай бұрын
That thumbnail is controversial enough
@JK47_ 8 ай бұрын
People need to learn to not take jokes so seriously.
@jimbo9208 8 ай бұрын
none of these are jokes
@mauricesmithjr4050 8 ай бұрын
Next: top 10 more controversial cartoon episodes
@Greenyguy 8 ай бұрын
Solution for all of this: "Fucking turn off the TV"
@dorothyspeaks6997 8 ай бұрын
Watched The Sopranos for the first time last year. When I got to the ending and the screen went black I literally cried like a baby and just said “damn it Tony!” Never will there be another James Gandolfini you’re missed the only and only Anthony Soprano ❤️
@chrislair6832 8 ай бұрын
Yeah that series was on another level
@MrRagingAntibody 8 ай бұрын
i never understood, like in the case of the seinfeld episode mentioned, when a character does something dispacable and all the other characters call them out on it, its kind of the point that what the person did was bad. for people in the real world then to get even more upset its like, well, its like getting mad at a superhero villain for being too villainous. idk how else to really describe it, but when did it not become ok to have characters with flaws, when did they start getting mad that Bad Guys do bad guy stuff, or that heros aren't always pure and perfect?
@TurdfurgusonJr 8 ай бұрын
Who the hell got Maude pregnant? That's the real controversy
@plushman3685 8 ай бұрын
Seriously….gross
@christophermerlot3366 8 ай бұрын
A great crossover episode...it was Mr. Roper. That salty dog.
@bernardomello842 8 ай бұрын
And Sinéad was right all along
@user-xo1gg2rz3h 8 ай бұрын
Where is Madonna in this list? Wtf?
@Duelinator 8 ай бұрын
I heard about the Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show incident when I was a High School Freshman
@BlenderStudy 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! Rest in peace, Sinéad..
@loriellajames6978 8 ай бұрын
Tom Cruise is probably bipolar.
@Buggy-su4oy 8 ай бұрын
When Jessica Simpson and Beyonce were accused of lip-synching their music with Beyonce the national anthem and when Rosanne sang the song and was accused of disrespecting the flag when she attempted to spit like a ball player.
@t.s.adrian8785 8 ай бұрын
I miss Steven Colbert so much!
@blackmesacake5361 8 ай бұрын
I completely forgot Bill Mahr said that
@Jodi_Johnson 8 ай бұрын
I don't really get it. Did he say more? Because, in the video here, he just repeated what his guest said, and I'm guessing they aren't talking about slavery at all
@blackmesacake5361 8 ай бұрын
@@Jodi_Johnson yea they cut it when he says "I'm a house n****r"
@evanblack8642 8 ай бұрын
Kirk and Uhura's kiss on "Star Trek"?
@daveerk6573 8 ай бұрын
Not real kiss. Forced by aliens
@tiananesbitt7156 8 ай бұрын
HBO as never shy of R rated shows!
@Tpforbunghole 8 ай бұрын
Tbh I thought the Puerto Rican day parade episode was actually kinda funny. That said, you gotta take pride out of the equation.
@mr.president3633 8 ай бұрын
It was hilarious it’s only highlighting Kramers idiocy… people are either bored or too stupid and sensitive. Me being Latino , I see a lot of people being overly patriotic to the point they over look their respective countries flaws. No one people are perfect and being able to laugh at each other is a true joy of life . Too many people are simply angry for the heck of it.
@seanchan4478 8 ай бұрын
Robin thick and Miley Cyrus about to fuse into Beetlejuice
@Jodi_Johnson 8 ай бұрын
💀💀😂😂😂😂
@andrewbatts7678 7 ай бұрын
Tom Cruise and that hysterical laugh with those dead and expressionless eyes
@TheSci-fiAnarchist42 8 ай бұрын
Didn't R. Budd Dwyer literally kill himself on live television? That should have been no. 1.
@bernardomello842 8 ай бұрын
Justin Timberlake just threw Janet under the bus.
@KrystalloMantis 8 ай бұрын
Xfiles - home was awesome
@Buggy-su4oy 8 ай бұрын
My Sinead rest in peace.😢😢
@stephensouzajr 7 ай бұрын
Miley Cyrus, and this performance is the definition of second-hand cringe. Every time I see it, I am overwhelmingly embarrassed for her. So much is wrong with this. It’s disturbing.
@daveerk6573 8 ай бұрын
Look at Ellen DeGeneres NOW 😂
@melaniesenf7175 7 ай бұрын
Seen these„incidents“ at least 10 times in the last 3 months
@First-Last_name 8 ай бұрын
In an earlier episode they tell Tony death is like an off switch, it just goes to black. Then he is shot and it just fades to black..
@forgejuan1697 8 ай бұрын
Steve Harvey's mistake in 2015 Miss Universe anyone?
@jpmackey1607 8 ай бұрын
Here are my thoughts… 🙊 #19 was scandalous for network TV (or a police drama) back then. 😴 Dallas’ dream season is a perfect example of jumping the shark. 🐀 Not the colorful rats on “The Simpsons.” 😳 I remember seeing the aftermath of Miley’s performance - people were *horrified.* 😱 I was *not* expecting #10, especially from this Stephen Colbert. Then again, I don’t watch him regularly. 😥 Gosh, Hannah’s death in “13 Reasons Why” is *brutal* to watch. 👺 Oh my… the “AHS” scene is crazy. 🪧 I never knew Maude got an abortion until now. 🤯 Oprah was on that “Ellen” episode? 🤔 Honestly, I would’ve imagined something other than Bill Maher’s N-word usage being #1.
@daveerk6573 8 ай бұрын
Which "N" word? Liberals Racist way to say "Nigger". Quit saying that phrase if the word is that bad. (Except in Rap & Hip Hop lol)
@daveerk6573 8 ай бұрын
Then his next show HBO brought on some of the worst black racists they could find while Bill prostrates himself
@billyjoejimbob75 8 ай бұрын
I chuckled when I saw the twerk. If people are really gonna spend time worrying about it, they sound pathetic.
@timhuguelet 8 ай бұрын
I heard of most of these. The one exception was #1.
@christophersheppard9825 8 ай бұрын
Kanye west deserves at least 5 spots on this list.
@ronm3034 8 ай бұрын
Most of his stuff wasn’t done on tv besides the Taylor swift incident which I think was more controversial then Miley twerking
@nosuchthing8 8 ай бұрын
Why does miley do that with her tongue?? I know its supposed to be suggestive but it looks like she has epilepsy or something.
@namenamr4460 8 ай бұрын
Because she thinks she's sexy and shocking. She's not. Anyone can do that.
@Crosswalker91711 8 ай бұрын
To lick “something”
@charlescutler8220 8 ай бұрын
Sinead O'Connor had it right!
@ReynaReactsandReviews 8 ай бұрын
16:29 not surprised that’s no.1
@JohnSmith-zw8vp 8 ай бұрын
#3 -- How come when this is brought up, hardly anyone mentions that Muhammad was freely shown in the "Super Best Friends" episode and (almost?) no one at the time gave it a second thought.
@user-uw1er9fg7p 8 ай бұрын
This should be retitled The Greatest TV moments of all time. This is what makes good TV. 🤭😌
@trexadvent4726 8 ай бұрын
Can you do top 10 members of Marvel's West Coast Avengers?
@shrimpoffthebarbie 8 ай бұрын
Thanks, haven't seen the Sopranos
@jacara1981 8 ай бұрын
I would of put the whole last season of Game of Thrones as number 1.
@fourkyoutubing7742 8 ай бұрын
Gollum and beetlejuice 🤢
@petef15 8 ай бұрын
Sopranos ending is genius and if you don't get it I'm sorry for you
@bluegold1026 8 ай бұрын
Good on Stephen Colbert for apologizing for his choice of words while not backing down from the idea of Trump being Putin's b****, something all non Trump-supporters can agree on.
@trexadvent4726 8 ай бұрын
Can you do comic book origin of Marvel's West Coast Avengers?
@anvmelia 8 ай бұрын
Stephen colbert>
@trinaq 8 ай бұрын
Ellen's "Coming Out" episode seems rather tame by today's standards, but at least it paved the way for more sitcoms with LGBTQA Plus leads. 🏳️🌈
@d.b.1176 8 ай бұрын
Sounds like a true stereotype of the French.
@COMPFUNK2 8 ай бұрын
It would have been better to make separate lists organized by decade.
@user-bq3ul3cb6m 8 ай бұрын
I had a feeling Maher would be somewhere on the list, but I had no idea he’d get the #1 spot.
@dakotac180 8 ай бұрын
I have had actual nightmares are number 7. Ahc is always wild.
@janaihamilton1895 8 ай бұрын
6:52
@karatefella 2 ай бұрын
Re The Sopranos cutting to black. There is a brilliant Australian show called Mr Inbetween which also cuts to black at the final scene of season 3. If you haven't seen it, watch it ASAP !
@rndmpinkiepie64 Ай бұрын
Personally, I love the joke in Bojack Horseman where it turns out there *IS* an actual ending to The Sapranos but it was accidentally torn off the reel by Todd
@Grandizer8989 8 ай бұрын
What about the ‘Different Strokes’ episode that was about pedophilia?
@d.b.1176 8 ай бұрын
The truth hurts Brazil.
@genkigirl4859 8 ай бұрын
Oh nooooo! The French are offended! 😂
@kevinheath977 8 ай бұрын
They’ve portrayed Springfield as poor or as a rough crime ridden area before, so 🤷🏼♂️
@onestopviewfiles 8 ай бұрын
15:21 is that Walter from the big Lebowski?
@spiceupyourlife7755 8 ай бұрын
Miley is just 😑
@namenamr4460 8 ай бұрын
You mean 🤢
@WishYouWereHere7572 8 ай бұрын
SINEAD WAS RIGHT!
@EdnaK728 8 ай бұрын
I kinda have a crush on Mr Burns
@cwytchsparks 8 ай бұрын
Wth 😂
@EdnaK728 8 ай бұрын
@@cwytchsparks I don't see why it's so funny, it's not like any of the other guys in Springfield would be interested in me
@cwytchsparks 8 ай бұрын
@@EdnaK728 It's funny to me because I never heard anyone ever say they have a crush on Mr. Burns
@EdnaK728 8 ай бұрын
@@cwytchsparks I'll admit, sometimes I don't understand why I like him so much.... but I also kinda like Sideshow Bob and Sideshow Mel too
@ellenwuzhere 8 ай бұрын
Bill Maher did not use a slur.
@sinjin88 8 ай бұрын
Poor Miley, couldn't sing a note to save her life.
@lonellfletcher 8 ай бұрын
Anyone else find #1 underwhelming? Out of all of the controversial TV moments that have ever existed in the history of TV, THAT'S THE most controversial?
@ronm3034 8 ай бұрын
So Britney kissing Madonna isn’t up here? And I’m black and I don’t find bill joke offensive if anything he was checking the senator on his choice of words!
@bernardomello842 8 ай бұрын
Ellen is gay?!?! What?!?! I never knew that!
@earlleeruhf3130 8 ай бұрын
When Rosie Odonald "came out" after Ellen america went, Ho Hum, tell us something we didn't know.
@Uglyalrhaydur 8 ай бұрын
Sinead’s backlash is insane considering how many children have been @b-used at the hands of the catholic church 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
@madtheghost337 8 ай бұрын
I still miss Glenn and Abraham 🤧 and I don't get why we always put Tom Cruise on blast! He's so chill and respectful!! 🤧
@jennyfab312 8 ай бұрын
Tom Cruise is the perfect example of privilege. He literally chastised a woman because she had postpartum depression and sought Mental Healthcare for it. He thinks he knows more than doctors do. He is and has always had been a douche
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