In 2001, then-Senator Joe Lieberman urged Viacom to take more responsibility for the program's content;[1] which led MTV to only air the show after 10 p.m.
[3] Some of the edits were so extensive that when series creator Mike Judge compiled his Collection DVDs he commented that "some of those episodes may not even exist actually in their original form".
[4] The Parents Television and Media Council has argued that much of the censored material on MTV is easily discernible because of the context in which it is presented.
[11] Examples of lyric edits have included: In attempt to address criticism over risqué content, MTV has sometimes moved certain videos to late-night rotation in censored format.
MTV has developed a strict policy refusing to air videos that may depict devil worship or anti-religious bigotry.