Talk:Ted Danson Blackface Performance at Whoopi Goldberg's Roast (1993)/@comment-27551381-20160123135353/@comment-4849011-20161222170630

I don't think it was illegal, just something that was considered offensive enough that it shouldn't be used on television (like how some homophobic slurs generally aren't used on TV today). I've seen episodes of older shows (from the 1970s or '80s) in which the n-word was used, but some stations mute the word when re-broadcasting them in syndication (You can only tell from context and short audio cues that that's what was said). It's just not considered acceptable for general audiences anymore.