US network Fox pulled new episodes of Family Guy and American Dad that were to air in the US on Sunday to avoid potentially sensitive content.
The originally scheduled episode of Family Guy had Peter telling his own version of the nativity story. The American Dad episode told the story of a demon who punished naughty children at Christmas. Both series plan to substitute reruns.
In addition, Fox confirmed that a scheduled repeat in the US of The Cleveland Show for Sunday was swapped for another rerun of that series out of the same concern.
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Premieres for Tom Cruise's new film Jack Reacher and the family comedy Parental Guidance were postponed after Friday's shooting rampage in Newtown, Connecticut, that ended with 28 people dead, including 20 children as well as the gunman.
Jamie Foxx, who is promoting Quentin Tarantino's upcoming, ultra-violent, spaghetti Western-style film about slavery, 'Django Unchained' says Hollywood should take some responsibility for such violence.
In an interview, Foxx said actors cannot "turn their back" on that fact that movie violence can influence people.
The film's press junket was continuing in New York as scheduled. Tarantino said he was tired of defending his films each time the US is shocked by gun violence, saying "tragedies happen" and blame should fall on those guilty of the crimes.
