Don Magic Juan, left, and Snoop Dogg arrive with his unnamed female companions for the MTV Video Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall in this Aug. 28, 2003 file photo. The MTV2 network said it had not decided whether it will ever again air a cartoon criticized as offensive for depicting women being led around on leashes, which it said was a satire of a Snoop appearance where women were in collars and chains. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
MTV Ponders Fate of `Where My Dogs At?'
Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:43 PM EDT
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV2 network said it had not decided whether it will ever again air a cartoon criticized as offensive for depicting women being led around on leashes.
It's also not certain whether the series, "Where My Dogs At?" will come back for a second season, spokesman Jeff Castaneda said Wednesday. Its first season ended during the last week of July.
One episode, aired in the early afternoon, featured an appearance by a cartoon Snoop Dogg accompanied by two women in neck collars and chains. MTV2 said the episode was a satire of an actual Snoop appearance where women were in collars and chains.
"We certainly do not condone Snoop's actions and the goal was to take aim at that incident for its insensitivity and outrageousness," Castaneda said. "Even one of the dogs, a main character on the show, states, `I find that degrading and I am a dog.'"
The watchdog group that complained about the episode, Industry Ears, said in a statement late Thursday that the network was "hiding behind words like satire and parody."
"It is not art, it is an assault," Industry Ears said of the episode.
