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Nathan Fielder Reveals Why Paramount+ Removed ‘Nathan for You' Episode
On HBO and Max, Nathan Fielder is attempting to rid America of all air disasters. But The Rehearsal just made a stop in Paramount-bashing territory. On Sunday's episode of The Rehearsal, Fielder revealed a conversation he had with Paramount after discovery Paramount+ had removed a 2015 episode of his series Nathan for You, which originally aired on Comedy Central, one of Paramount Global's cable channels. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'The Rehearsal' Season 2 Trailer: Nathan Fielder Believes He Has the Answer to Recent Air Disasters Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone Take a Ride on the Wild Side as TV's Cringiest Couple All the Stars Who Attended Kate Berlant's One-Woman Show Opening Night at Pasadena Playhouse In Nathan for You season three's second episode, titled 'Horseback Riding/Man Zone,' after the Vancouver-based jacket company Taiga posted a tribute to Doug Collins, a Holocaust denier, Fielder launches a (real) winter-wear line called Summit Ice. Fielder is from Vancouver; Taiga touts its apparel as 'German-engineered' and 'Canadian-made.' Though like all things Fielder the endeavor began as a low-key goof, Summit Ice is actually a very real brand. It donates all of its profits to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre in Vancouver. Fielder, who is Jewish, says sales since 2015 have raised 'millions of dollars.' On The Rehearsal season two episode two, Fielder calls Summit Ice his 'proudest achievement' and said it reiterates the stated mission of the current season, proving that 'a comedy show could make a difference.' In the case of this current season of this comedy show, Fielder has been using his trademark elaborate setups (and a whole bunch of HBO money) to ostensibly help empower co-pilots to stand up to captains in dangerous in-flight scenarios. Lately, Summit Ice has been raising awareness (and again, money) without the episode of its creation even being available to stream. 'In late 2023, I discovered that the episode of Nathan for You featuring the Summit Ice story mysteriously went missing from the Paramount+ streaming service,' Fielder said on The Rehearsal. So Fielder emailed 'some contacts I had at Paramount.' Striking the correct tone was 'complicated,' he said. 'The tricky thing is, Paramount is currently airing a different series of mine: a scripted drama that hadn't yet been renewed,' Fielder continued, referring to Showtime's (also owned by Paramount) The Curse. It still has not been renewed (or officially canceled). 'How I spoke to them could have career repercussions.' That's not wholly dissimilar to what can happen when a co-pilot takes the controls from their captain, Fielder argues. A bit of a stretch, but it works. 'I remember wanting to convey how urgent this was for me, and yet my email was extremely cordial, using phrases like 'Forever grateful' and 'Happy Holidays,'' Fielder recalled, pulling up the emails. Fielder hired an actor to re-create the scene as he awkwardly hovered over his shoulder. The Fielder Method, as we're occasionally told. Paramount told Fielder the Summit Ice episode had been 'taken down intentionally' due to 'sensitivities,' he read off the emails. The decision originated with Paramount+ in Germany, where executives expressed being 'uncomfortable' with 'anything that touches on antisemitism' in the wake of the Israel/Hamas conflict, the emails stated. It was a local decision that soon went global. 'Before long, the ideology of Paramount+ Germany had spread to the entire globe, eliminating all Jewish content that made them uncomfortable,' Fielder says, adding, 'This is real, by the way.' It is real: Fielder is correct that the Summit Ice episode is not streaming on Paramount+. The decision came 'following a standards review,' a spokesperson for Paramount told The Hollywood Reporter. 'Currently on the Paramount app, there are 50 results for 'nazi,' 10 for 'Hitler' and zero for 'Judaism,'' Fielder said. 'We've been erased.' THR re-created those searches, and Fielder is about right, give or take. The results for 'nazi' though includes some kids shows that are definitely not about nazis, so it's an imperfect system. A search for 'jew' yielded four results. Last night's episode of The Rehearsal goes on to see Fielder visiting a ridiculous re-creation of what he guesses the Paramount Germany offices to look like, as Fielder gives himself a chance to express what he really wanted to say in those hesitant emails. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained
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05-05-2025
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The Rehearsal's Latest Episode Had Us Literally Screaming at the Screen
The post The Rehearsal's Latest Episode Had Us Literally Screaming at the Screen appeared first on Consequence. [Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for The Rehearsal, Season 2 Episode 3, 'Pilot's Code.'] I know you can say this after pretty much every episode of The Rehearsal, but emphatically, what the actual fuck?? The first two episodes of The Rehearsal Season 2 already have presented plenty of jaw-dropping moments. From the season opener's 'friendship flowers' incident to last week's callout of Paramount+ for removing the Summit Ice episode of Nathan for You, there's been a lot to digest. And yet, this week's episode, 'Pilot's Code,' easily ranks amongst the wildest shit Nathan Fielder has done onscreen yet — and that is saying a lot. The episode opens with an interesting, though relatively lightweight, primer as Fielder attempts to perform a personality transfer on a cloned dog. It's ultimately a bit of failure, as even though one clone has a single breakthrough moment, none of the subjects truly take to the original pet's personality. That's when Fielder decides it's time to test out his theories on himself… and when the real fireworks start. After studying one of the most famous pilots of recent times — Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger, who's best known for landing a plane in the Hudson River — Fielder decides to see if he can absorb Sully's traits by recreating his upbringing. 'Look, what you're about to witness is going to seem weird,' Fielder warns before the grand reveal. That reveal? Fielder walking into an oversized room completely shaved and dressed as a baby. †From there, it's a surreal nightmare as he speed-runs Sully's life, complete with monstrous puppet parents, breastfeeding simulations, and Fielder straight-up masturbating in the cockpit of a plane. (When I tell you I full-on screamed at the screen more than once, I am honestly downplaying my reaction.) This isn't the first time Fielder has turned his absurd ideas on himself: He did so repeatedly on Nathan for You (most notably with the 'Claw of Shame') and in Season 1 of The Rehearsal. This time, however, he takes it further than ever before. One of the most ridiculous, though shockingly believable, revelations Fielder has as a result of his experimentation directly relates to Sully's claim to fame, the Hudson River emergency landing. In the latter parts of his memoir, Sully begins to consistently reference different songs. However, there's one band, Fielder notices, that Sully seems to come back to particularly often — Evanescence. According to his own writing, the airline captain had something of an infatuation with the emo hitmakers. Fielder relates this to pilots' tendencies to keep their emotional struggles to themselves, as feelings of anxiety or depression can result in one losing one's aircraft license. After 'living as him for so long' and simulating the landing in the Hudson, Fielder takes it one step further by suggesting that Evanescence may secretly be the reason Sully was able to pull off such a remarkable feat. As presented in The Rehearsal, there's a 23-second gap during the emergency landing where Sully doesn't speak a word. It just so happens, Fielder explains, that the chorus to Evanescence's beloved track 'Bring Me to Life' is also 23 seconds long — and Sully's iPod was found in the plane wreckage. Is it possible Sully spent that third of a minute listening to 'Bring Me to Life,' and that's what gave him the strength to ask his co-pilot for help and ultimately avert disaster? Fielder thinks so. But, hold on, did Sully actually listen to 'Bring Me to Life' while landing US Airways Flight 1549? Short of Sully himself confirming one way or the other, it's impossible to know. Though, we can at least check to see if Fielder's math truly adds up. Firstly, let's address the facts that The Rehearsal unequivocally gets correct. For one, Sully's iPod was indeed recovered in the wreckage, as confirmed in his memoir, Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, and an essay titled 'What I Got Back.' He also does write about about Evanescence in his memoir and has mentioned the band in passing throughout the years, like in this interview with Runner's World. Where Fielder's theory gets a little hazier, though, is when it comes to the exact numbers — the period of time Sully remained silent in the cockpit and the length of the 'Bring Me to Life' chorus. According to the official transcript, Sully actually stayed mum from 3:29:45 to 3:30:11, meaning he kept to himself for 26 seconds rather than 23. As far as the epic hook of 'Bring Me to Life,' it's a little more subjective. There's some wiggle room depending on when exactly you consider the chorus to have started and ended, as well as which one of the several instances of the chorus you're specifically looking at. By my count, however, the first chorus lasts about 21 seconds, and the next two last about 25 seconds. Not far off, perhaps even within the margin of subjectivity, though different enough to warrant mentioning. Of course, we're splitting hairs here. As mentioned, certain details are up to interpretation. Plus, who's to say that Sully needed to listen to the entirety of the chorus? Or how long it took him to find his iPod, put in his earbuds, pull up the song, scroll to the chorus, and hit play? Or if, perhaps, he simply recalled the chorus mentally, leading to a slight variation in tempo and, as a result, length? So, no, in all likelihood, Sully did not listen to 'Bring Me to Life' by Evanescence while performing what might be the most famous plane landing of all time. But that's just it… 'in all likelihood.' The fact that there is enough coincidence to not fully rule out the possibility is, admittedly, insane. And as we learned in The Rehearsal Season 1 Episode 3, maybe the illusion is enough. I, for one, think it's a whole lot more fun to believe that Fielder's recreation is exactly what went down on that fateful day. New episodes of The Rehearsal premiere Sundays on HBO and Max. 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30-04-2025
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Paramount reportedly had no idea Nathan Fielder was going to do them like that
This article contains spoilers for The Rehearsal season two, episode two. It's not a good day to be Paramount. The company is attempting to see its merger with Skydance through to the finish, but it's fielding attacks from all sides: from the government, from its own news programs, from rival studios and former employees. The latter comes in the form of Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal, which on Sunday took overt aim at streaming service Paramount+. Fielder targeted Paramount+ for removing the 'Summit Ice' episode of his Comedy Central series Nathan For You from its library. On The Rehearsal, he says he was told that the episode (in which he makes an apparel line that benefits Holocaust education) was removed because of 'sensitivities' around antisemitism. In typical Rehearsal fashion, Fielder recreates the whole situation and, most controversially, uses Nazi imagery to depict the streamer. Sources for Variety claim that the streamer was not given a heads-up about this storyline by the show or by HBO. Paramount+ did not immediately respond to The A.V. Club's request for comment. In the episode, Fielder claims that his Summit Ice merch has raised millions of dollars for Holocaust awareness, which he calls his 'proudest achievement.' He says the 'decision was made by Paramount+ Germany to remove the episode in their region after they became uncomfortable with what they called anything that touches on antisemitism in the aftermath of the Israel/Hamas attacks,' a decision that was then replicated by other territories. Fielder, who is Jewish himself, accused the streamer of erasing Jewish content from its library. But he also offered another perspective courtesy of the German actor hired to stand in as a Paramount+ exec: 'Look at you pretending to be serious. This is not sincere. Just a man with a grudge using his television show to smear us instead of trying to understand us.' The Rehearsal aired the same evening that 60 Minutes called out its parent company in regards to the resignation of executive producer Bill Owens. 'Our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,' Owens previously said in explanation for his departure. 'None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires,' correspondent Scott Pelley elaborated on Sunday's program. 'No one here is happy about it, but in resigning, Bill proved one thing: he was the right person to lead 60 Minutes all along.' More from A.V. Club Florence Pugh anchors Marvel's Thunderbolts* with a refreshing lack of superpowers Star Wars to tell Fortnite its Tales Of The Underworld before Disney Plus Marvel doesn't want to share Nicepool plans with Justin Baldoni
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28-04-2025
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Nathan Fielder brutally takes aim at Paramount+ over removal of 'Nathan For You' episode
Nathan Fielder brutally takes aim at Paramount+ over removal of 'Nathan For You' episode Show Caption Hide Caption Netflix, TikTok and the many ways comedy is changing in 2022 USA TODAY TV Critic Kelly Lawler breaks down some of the various ways that the genre of comedy is evolving as the world changes. Entertain This!, USA TODAY Nathan Fielder is biting the hand that feeds him. In the latest episode of his HBO series "The Rehearsal," the comedian, 41, called out Paramount+ at length for allegedly removing an episode of his previous Comedy Central show "Nathan For You" from streaming due to sensitivity issues related to the Holocaust. USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Paramount+ for comment. During the "Rehearsal" episode that aired April 27, Fielder recounted his discovery in 2023 that an old episode of his show "Nathan For You," which depicted his launch of an apparel line dedicated to raising Holocaust awareness, "mysteriously went missing" from Paramount+. Fielder, whose shows blur the line between reality and fiction, told viewers that he wrote an email to Paramount asking why the episode was removed. He claimed the company "confirmed in their response that it was taken down intentionally and gave me a one-word explanation as to why: sensitivities." Fielder went on to say he later received a more detailed explanation. "In late 2023, a decision was made by Paramount+ Germany to remove the episode in their region after they became uncomfortable with what they called 'anything that touches on antisemitism' in the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas attacks," said Fielder, who is Jewish. 'The Rehearsal' season 2 release date, how to watch with Max on Sling Fielder plays a heightened and socially unaware version of himself on both "Nathan For You" and "The Rehearsal." In the 2015 episode of "Nathan For You" in question, the comedian founded the apparel brand Summit Ice, which aimed to be a jacket company that also helped promote "the true story of the Holocaust." He started the apparel line after discovering the company that made the jacket he was wearing published a tribute to a Holocaust denier in its winter catalog. The episode mined comedy out of Fielder's misguided attempts to evoke the Holocaust in Summit Ice marketing materials, including with an over-the-top store display filled with swastikas. Fielder's business ideas on "Nathan For You" are typically meant to be ill-conceived in order to provoke a reaction from those around him. But despite originating from a comedy show, Summit Ice became a real apparel line that donates profits to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, a Holocaust museum in Canada. Comedy Central's 'Nathan For You' is back with more marketing tips that go hilariously awry On "The Rehearsal," Fielder drew an intentionally absurd comparison between the removal of his episode from Paramount+ and World War II, showing the streamer's logo spreading across a world map. Fielder then visited a fictional version of the Paramount+ Germany office, where the streaming service's logo was displayed on large banners on a set meant to look like a Nazi war room. In this scene, the comedian made the case against removing the "Nathan For You" episode, saying that "when it comes to art, I think you have to know your place, and you have to let us Jews express ourselves because honestly, the way you're approaching this whole thing, people might get the wrong idea about what you actually stand for." It was unclear whether Fielder actually made this argument to Paramount+. Fielder noted that his confrontation with Paramount put him in a tough position because around the same time he made the discovery about "Nathan For You," Paramount was airing another one of his shows, the scripted Showtime series "The Curse." "The Curse," which also starred Emma Stone and Benny Safdie, has not been renewed for a second season. "How I spoke to them could have career repercussions," Fielder deadpanned as he recalled emailing the company. The "Nathan For You" episode, the second episode of Season 3, remains unavailable on Paramount+ in the United States as of Monday afternoon, although it is streaming on Max. The "Rehearsal" episode aired on the same night that "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley called out Paramount on the air for its alleged heavy-handed oversight. "60 Minutes" executive producer Bill Owens resigned from the show last week, saying he had lost journalistic independence. "Our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways," Pelley told viewers. "None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires." Contributing: Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY
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28-04-2025
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Nathan Fielder Uses The Rehearsal to Call Out Paramount+ for Removing a Nathan for You Episode
The post Nathan Fielder Uses The Rehearsal to Call Out Paramount+ for Removing a Nathan for You Episode appeared first on Consequence. [Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for The Rehearsal, Season 2 Episode 2, 'Star Potential.'] In The Rehearsal Season 2, Nathan Fielder is spinning together no shortage of unexpected elements, leading to situations like real-life airline co-pilots being asked to judge real-life amateur singers for a TV singing contribution. But it's all part of a bigger design that the comedian is slowly revealing, one with plenty of personal angles for him — such as the way he used the second episode of his HBO series, streaming on Max, to call out a different streaming service. As Fielder explains, one 2015 episode of the Comedy Central series Nathan for You included a subplot about Holocaust awareness, with Fielder creating a new brand of outdoor apparel after his preferred brand of outdoor apparel published praise for a noted Holocaust denier in its catalog. As of November 2015, Summit Ice had generated more than $300,000 for Holocaust education, and since then, Fielder says in the episode, it 'has raised millions of dollars for Holocaust awareness.' The Nathan for You episode, 'Horseback Riding / Man Zone,' is largely focused on important business innovations like creating a safe space for boyfriends to hang out in womens' boutiques, and attaching helium balloons to people who might weigh too much to safely ride horses. It is also not currently available for streaming on Paramount+ (the home platform for Nathan for You and other Comedy Central-produced series), with the service skipping right past it (as seen in the below screenshot). Screenshot via Paramount+ It's not unheard of for streaming services to remove episodes from a show's line-up for content reasons. That said, the cause for such removals is usually due to issues surrounding race, such as the (numerous!) times It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and 30 Rock depicted blackface. 'Horseback Riding / Man Zone' does feature a few grim images, as Fielder's suggested retail display for Summit Ice isn't a big hit with the store owner, but only because it depicts the reality of what happened during the Holocaust. As one does, when trying to impart Holocaust education and awareness. In The Rehearsal, Fielder casts actor Alexander Leiss as 'Fake Nathan' to re-enact his discovery of the episode's removal in late 2023, as well as his attempts to email Paramount and find out what happened. The first answer he gets is that the episode was removed due to 'sensitivities,' before it's explained further that Paramount+ Germany removed anything that touches on antisemitism in the aftermath of the October 7th, 2023 terrorist attack. Fielder uses a map of the world borrowed directly from a high school history class on World War II to show how 'before long, the ideology of Paramount+ Germany had spread to the globe, eliminating all Jewish content that made them uncomfortable.' Now, as Fielder accurately documents in the episode, searching Paramount+ for the word 'nazi' pulls up 50 results and 'hitler' pulls up 10, while 'judaism' goes unrepresented. Yes, I did these searches myself Sunday morning, and I have one minor update for Fielder: As of writing, 'judaism' does have one result — searching the word pulls up Spotlights, a Showtime series consisting of 'short films showcasing visionary talent.' But it is entirely possible that Fielder does not subscribe to the full Paramount+ with Showtime package, costing as it does $12.99 a month versus $7.99 a month. That said, it's on Showtime that one finds The Curse, the 2023 series Fielder starred in with Emma Stone and Benny Sadfie — which may or may not one day get a second season. Fielder's efforts to use his maybe-not-actually-patented rehearsal technique to help him confront Paramount over the 'Horseback Riding / Man Zone' removal aren't that effective. That said, he makes his opinion about the decision heard with not-so-subtle touches like the aforementioned map and casting an actor named John Hans Tester as 'Fake Paramount Plus Executive' — you might know Tester best from his six episodes on Prime Video's The Man in the High Castle, playing Josef Mengele. 'A man with a grudge using his TV show to smear us, instead of trying to understand us,' is how Fake Paramount Plus Exec describes Fielder's efforts here, and it's worth noting that watching a working comedian on this level use his show on one corporate-owned platform to call out another corporation like this is remarkable on its own merits. Maybe this is Fielder's way of saying that a second season of The Curse isn't happening anytime soon? Then again, who knows. At the end of 'Star Potential,' Fielder doesn't get 'Horseback Riding / Man Zone' back on Paramount+, but the season is early yet, and whatever journey Fielder is on right now still feels like it's just beginning. In the meantime, never fear: Nathan for You is also streaming on Max right now — including the episode 'Horseback Riding / Man Zone.' Right where it's supposed to be. New episodes of The Rehearsal premiere Sundays on HBO and Max. 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