The original post: /r/television by /u/chili81 on 2024-09-21 02:36:20.
I was just remembering in my youth in the very early 80’s I think - before cable TV and before I watched R rated movies regularly.
I remember the movie “The Deer Hunter”, a brutal Vietnam war movie with tons of swearing and violence. That movie was aired on over the air network TV, or maybe it was the local affiliate (in CT). They had advertised and warned about it for a while ahead of time, and it was truly unedited.
This was the only time I ever recall seeing this in my entire life over the air. Then cable came of course.
Anyway - no one I talk to remembers this. Am I crazy? I know I didn’t just see it in the theater because I was 8 when it came out and I remember the build up to the TV broadcast as part of it.