Next year will see the fan-favorite slasher franchise Child's Play adapted for television on Syfy and USA Network, with franchise creator Don Mancini at the helm. Continuing from the events of the original film series, Chucky brings the murderous toy doll back to menace a new wave of victims. And while the horror franchise's transition to television certainly comes with content guidelines more restrictive than its cinematic outings, there was one element of Chucky's character Mancini insisted had to be retained on television: His extensive use of profanity.

Mancini appeared with fellow Chucky executive producer Nick Antosca (Channel Zero) as part of Comic-Con@Home's virtual panel "Scary Good TV with Horror's Top Showrunners" presented by premium horror streaming service Shudder, discussing crafting tales in the genre specifically for the television medium. For Mancini, it was important that the show not compromise Chucky's foul-mouthed personality.

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"When Nick and I set up Chucky at Syfy, one of the first things we had to make sure of [was] that Chucky could drop his f-bombs, because it's such an intrinsic part of his character, it would just seem wrong if he couldn't," Mancini recalled when asked about adjusting to basic cable television's content restrictions. "Fortunately, before we signed on the dotted line, they confirmed, yes, he can. I think he can drop, like, eight f-bombs per episode, or something like that -- eight to ten, something like that -- and I think there's variations depending on what time it airs. Nick probably knows more about this than I do."

The panel reacted in surprise when Locke & Key co-showrunner and executive producer Meredith Averill revealed that her series was only allowed two f-bombs per season, despite the IDW Publishing adaptation being produced by Netflix.

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"It's so we qualify for the rating that allows us to be available to the most amount of subscribers that pull up their service," Averill explained. "In our first drafts for the ten episodes of Season 1, [we] had fucks for days, a lot of fucks. So [co-showrunner] Carlton Cuse and I did a pass where we removed the fucks and you find that you don't necessarily need them. You realize how unnecessary a fuck can be -- sometimes very necessary: Chucky? Super necessary. Bode Locke? Probably not as necessary."

Created and directed by Don Mancini, Chucky stars Brad Dourif. The series premieres on Syfy and USA Network in 2021.