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Looking out the studio window of the radio station where she’d worked for 29 years, DJ “Mistress Carrie” Sarao could see a crowd gathering outside. It was a Friday night, Feb. 21, 2020, and freezing, but that didn’t stop hundreds of Bostonians from flooding the parking lot when they heard the news. There was no invitation, just an impulse, an impromptu meetup of loved ones known and unknown. At midnight, the city would lose its last rock radio station.

Debuting in 1970, Waaf helped launched the careers of local bands like Aerosmith and Godsmack,...

From Teen Mom to Bridalplasty to Milf Manor, there’s been no shortage of eyebrow-raising reality TV shows over the years. It seems there’s no low to which producers won’t sink in their quest for outrageously watchable TV. And usually, audiences will eat up what they deliver, no matter how trashy it is. (Just look at TLC’s ever-expanding 90 Day Fiancé universe.) But sometimes, a reality show goes too far. These 10 controversial reality shows crossed the line in one way or another. As a result, they never even made it to air.

‘Escaping the KKK’

A&e’s documentary series Escaping the KKK promised to give viewers an inside look at the workings of the Ku Klux Klan. The reality show, which followed high-ranking members of the notorious hate group and their families, would have been controversial no matter what. Then, it emerged that producers had made cash...