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In July 2008 Fox announced that the Osbourne family would be hosting a new variety show tentatively titled Osbournes: Reloaded (working title was 'Osbournes: Loud and Dangerous').[3] The show started taping at CBS Television City in Hollywood in December 2008 before a live audience.

The Osboune family appeared together to host FOX's Animation Domination on March 29, 2009.

At least 26 Fox affiliates opted to preempt the program, 10 of them delaying it until a later time and at least 16 not showing it at all, due to the nature of the program. These stations had previously shown promotions and commercials for the show, as the preemption decision came after the network offered the stations a six-minute preview reel of the episode's content. However, the network did manage to convince Sinclair Broadcasting Group, one of the network's largest affiliate groups and known as a conservative-leaning broadcaster, to air the show as scheduled.

One example included WXTX, a Southeastern Media Holdings-owned and Raycom-operated Fox affiliate in Columbus, Georgia, which ran a ticker during the Sunday night schedule on March 29, 2009: "WXTX has informed the national FOX Network that we will not be airing Osbournes Reloaded on Tuesday following American Idol. We find that the programming does not meet our community standards, especially given the family audience that American Idol attracts." The message ran twice in a row at around 13 minutes on the hour, every hour, during the block. Sister station WSFX in Wilmington, North Carolina also preempted the show, showing a similar ticker during American Idol and beginning their 10pm news broadcast early.

Raycom's WPGX in Panama City, Florida also did not air the show. The station's General Manager, David Cavileer, said the inappropriate content and profanity made him uncomfortable having the show follow American Idol, which is very popular with a younger audience. A Simpsons rerun was seen instead.

WXIX-TV in Cincinnati has also preempted the program, opting instead to start its 10pm newscast early, followed by a Surviving Severe Weather special at 10:30pm. In Milwaukee, WITI, a former Fox owned-and-operated station owned by Local TV, decided to air the show at 1:05am due to the content of the show in order to show a roundtable program about drug abuse, "Dealing with Drugs". The station manager cited that, as many young people watch its lead in American Idol (especially with, as anchor Brad Hicks said as the special started, the presence of local contestant Danny Gokey in the show ]), the Osbournes show would be more apppropriate for late-night, and that a show on the drug problem (an issue which was heavily covered in the last few weeks due to a rash of young adult deaths from drugs in the area) would be more appropriate to follow Idol. Sister station WDAF-TV in Kansas City also moved the show to 1:05am and aired a station anniversary special instead. However the promotions during Fox network time listing the "up next" starting time on both stations were not changed to disclaim the new time.

Other cities affected include West Palm Beach, Birmingham, and Greensboro, N.C., where the show was pre-empted outright; and Denver, St. Louis, Raleigh and Salt Lake City, where the show was moved to a later time.

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