Reruns of That 70s Show are still available to stream, even after the sentencing of Danny Masterson (Men at Work, Yes Man), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Masterson was sentenced to thirty years to life in prison on charges that allege to rape.
Currently, the series is still available on Peacock and the digital network Laff that is owned by Scripps’ Katz Broadcasting; the show is also still available for purchase on Amazon’s Prime Video. The series, a sitcom beloved by many, held Masterson as a regular character on the show named Hyde.
The charges that Masterson faced are from two women who claim that Masterson raped them in 2003; in June of 2020, Masterson was charged and then convicted in May. Even after a retrial, the jury agreed with the initial ruling.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peacock declined to comment on the matter and Laff failed to respond to the inquiry in time.
That 70s Show initially aired on Fox and was produced by 20th Century Fox TV, which is now owned by Disney. In September of last year, Peacock picked up the series after it had previously been available for streaming on Netflix.
Masterson recently reunited with previous co-star Ashton Kutcher (Two and a Half Men, No Strings Attached) in the Netflix series The Ranch, but was inevitably fired in 2017 as the investigation against Masterson was ongoing and growing a lot of traction. A lot of the original cast of That 70s Show appeared on Netflix’s sequel That 90s Show, but Masterson was not included.
Shawn Holley, Masterson’s attorney, stated that the actor will definitely appeal the conviction, and is claiming that a “number of significant evidentiary and constitutional issues” occurred within the trial.
Leader of the prosecution in Los Angeles, Reinhold Mueller, stated that Masterson’s accusers were “committed to justice. Today, we got it.”