It’s telling that the bleep became a sound effect used in scripted comedy as well, exploited in shows like “Arrested Development” and “South Park” for maximum effect.

For the past 13 years, since the sound editing award was given permanent status with five guaranteed nominees, there have been a substantial number of times when the same film was recognized in ...

The 1000 hertz censor bleep became more prevalent as the behavior on Springer’s TV show grew more profane, a Penn State associate professor writes.

But as a media historian interested in the ways that sound structures our experience of TV shows and films, when I think of “The Jerry Springer Show,” I think of the sounds — the studio audience ...