President (bleep): TV sitcom bars use of Trump's name

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President (bleep): TV sitcom bars use of Trump's name

The Associated Press Published Wednesday, July 26, 2017 9:11AM EDT

Abbi Jacobson, left, and Ilana Glazer, the co-creators, co-writers and co-stars of the Comedy Central show "Broad City," take part in a panel discussion on the show during the 2017 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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LOS ANGELES - U.S. President Donald Trump's name is off limits on the upcoming season of Comedy Central's "Broad City."

Series creators Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson said Tuesday that Trump's name will be bleeped each time it's used in an episode -- a move typically reserved for expletives.

Glazer told TV critics that talking constantly about Trump and his administration have made the sound of his name, as she put it, "so gross."

She said she and Jacobson decided Trump has enough air time and they didn't want to share theirs with him.

Glazer and Jacobson star in "Broad City," which returns for its fourth season in September on Comedy Central. The series is about the freewheeling lives of two New York City women.