{
  "id": 17996405,
  "title": "How CBS Broadcasting A Heavily Edited Version Of Dexter Helped The Series Become A Hit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/how-cbs-broadcasting-a-heavily-edited-version-of-dexter-helped-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-03T17:12:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TVLine",
    "slug": "tvline",
    "url": "https://www.tvline.com/2304397/how-cbs-heavily-edited-dexter-season-1-helped-series-become-hit-seo-description-na/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a desperate move to fill a programming gap during the 2008 writers' strike, CBS aired Dexter with all the disturbing, gory bits cut out, and made it a hit.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}