NBC’s Mormon affiliate refuses to air Ryan Murphy’s comedy sitcom “The New Normal” - VIDEO

Since when is Kansas a southern state? Way off, O.. Ryan Murphy is a talented guy, no doubt; but going on a tangent I have to say Glee is the worst show I've EVER seen, absolutely awful. As for his latest effort I hope that it can get the exposure needed to take off, I'm always supportive of Irish/Irish-Americans in show biz. You go, girl!

I live in Idaho. Covered by this affiliate. It is not the first programming this affiliate has refused to air. I can't remember the others, it's the way of life here.

Perhaps they felt the real danger it presented was in showing gays in a loving, committed relationship and dealing with the normal day to day problems of life in a rational human manner. Especially since this series was being done by a skillful, humorous veteran storyteller, its threat could be very real to their anti-gay message. The greatest threat to the fear-mongers war on "otherness" is their audience's realization that those being demonized as "other" are really not so different after all. Gladly, most of the younger generation know the truth and can't understand what all the fuss is all about.

force feed those mormons - you'll upset romney's tribe

People who want to see it will probably be able to on NBC.com

When Aiden Quinn’s TV show, The Book of Daniel, aired, it didn’t last for more than one season because it was deemed too risky. Several southern states including Mississippi, Texas and Kansas along with the American Family Association (AFA) launched a national boycott calling it “trash TV”. Sponsors pulled out quicker than a flash of lightening on a hot summer night. The intimation was that family was unorthodox (wife liked martinis, daughter was dealing drugs, adopted son having sex with the bishop’s daughter, etc.)…or was it? However, it was no more “trash TV” than the scores of television series on air today, many of which depict rape, incest, drugs, alcohol, the sex trade and the maximum number of murders within the half hour or hour in prime time – ad nauseam. I thought it quirky and entertaining and was glad to see Aiden Quinn in a TV series. Perhaps HBO will consider picking up the project. They are less intimidated by the hue and cry of the single-minded intent on filtering what we watch and burning the remaining copy of Jack Kerouac’s, ‘On the Road’.