ESPN To Air Uncensored, Profanity Laced & Kid-Friendly Versions Of “The Last Dance”

April 19, 2020, 1:56pm EST (Updated: January 20, 2023, 7:51pm)By Darrelle Lincoln

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We are mere hours away from the “The Last Dance,” which is ESPN’s highly-anticipated 10-part documentary on Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls in 1997-98 and somehow things just got even better.

ESPN is actually set to air two different versions of the documentary, with the uncensored version airing on ESPN and the more kid-friendly one happening on ESPN2.

Take 2: ESPN will have the unfiltered version. ESPN2 will have the cleaned up doc. https://t.co/R4Nw5J9AlC
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) April 19, 2020

“To maintain the authenticity of interviews and footage throughout the upcoming documentary series ‘The Last Dance,’ ESPN will air two versions of the highly anticipated 10-part project about Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls. A version containing strong adult language will air on ESPN (TV-MA) while an alternate option edited for that language will air simultaneously on ESPN2 (TV-14-L),” ESPN said in a statement.

I’m glad ESPN is airing the uncensored version of The Last Dance because this is the cursingest documentary I’ve ever seen. (Even I curse in it and I rarely curse on camera). Hearing so many bleeps over 10 hours would have been distracting
— J.A. Adande (@jadande) April 19, 2020