Edgiest basic cable shows?

[Reggie]

There was talk about doing it for a while.

The issue is that the next season was going to be based on Silence of the Lambs, but Lifetime has had the rights for a long ass time with plans to do a show about Clarice in the academy.

I remember this. They weren't going to be able to use the name Clarice or some shyt like that. Either way they need to figure something out like they usually do so we can get a real finale to that series which was fukking visually amazing and if it didn't it should have won some awards.

 

[Cave Savage]

I remember being a bit shocked watching The Bridge when the lady told the guy "cum inside me"

Europe doesn't give a fukk! I know that at least in England, they can have cursing and full frontal nudity even on antenna shows.

 

[StraxStrax]

I watched that.

Didn’t his mom kill herself in an episode?

Yeah, she did.

 

[MajesticLion]

Playmakers on ESPN

Definitely ahead of the curve.

 

[Recca Gatsby]

The Shield is easily the poster child for this topic

 

[RennisDeynolds]

I’d say FX started it with Shield, at least with edgy drama. AMC took it next level with BB.

Comedy Central was ahead of the game with the comedy.

When Vic put Armadillo's face on the stove burner

 

[RennisDeynolds]

The Shield. Aceveda getting raped by the guy

They really took it to the extreme, I remember his wife was disgusted and wanted to leave him after that

 

[Cave Savage]

These shows that don't say "fukk" are anticlimactic sometimes.

There will be a tense scene where "fukk you!" would be perfect, but then they say something like "screw you". Animal Kingdom which is otherwise pretty edgy, is guilty of this.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

They really took it to the extreme, I remember his wife was disgusted and wanted to leave him after that

Well yeah, he got fukked faced by another dude.

I remember watching that show when that first went down and I was even like you fukking kidding me?