Osbournes: Reloaded Shoots Blanks in Florida

Tue., Mar. 31, 2009 2:02 PM PDT by Breanne L. Heldman

At least one Florida town is unloading the Osbournes: Reloaded.

After watching a six-minute preview, the Fox affiliate in Panama City has decided the variety show featuing Ozzy Osbourne and family was inappropriate in its early time slot.

The pilot is set to air in the panhandle burg at 8:20 p.m. CT tonight, immediately following American Idol. The strange start time was planned by the network in the hopes of maintaining the Idol viewers.

"I just felt it was not keeping with community standards," David Cavileer, the general manager of the Fox affiliate, told the local News Herald. He also claimed the show was "unsuitable and contrary to the public interest" and "more of an MTV thing."

"Osbournes: Reloaded was thoroughly vetted by our Standards and Practices department to ensure it was appropriate for broadcast during the scheduled time period," network spokesman Todd Adair told E! News. "If any network affiliate feels the programming may be inappropriate for its individual market, however, it has the right to preempt the program."

Instead of airing the reality family showcase, whose sketches include a Hills paroday costarring Lauren Conrad, Cavileer will be airing an episode of The Simpsons. This is reportedly the first time in his five years in the position that he has exercised this right.