'Archer' Spy Agencey No Longer Called ISIS Due To Its Name Association With the Jihadist Group

The FX adult animated series Archer will be discontinuing the name of the show's central spy agency called ISIS.

Their made-up International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS) hits too close to home in regards to the Jihadist group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)  

Starting January during the sixth season premiere of Archer the acronym will be eliminated. "We were waiting for it to go away — at least I was," creator Adam Reed told The Daily Beast. "Back in season 5, FX said, 'This might be a thing,' and I thought, 'Maybe it won't be? Maybe it'll be the mole that I'm gonna ignore and nothing will happen.' We got sort of lucky and could organically make a merger with the CIA, so we went back and retroactively painted out the ISIS logos in parts of the show, and we just don't talk about it in dialogue."

For the past seasons and episodes there has been no mention of removing ISIS.

"We won't say ISIS anymore, and the only visual representation of it will be that sign rolling off the show," exec producer, Matt Thompson told The Daily Beast. "It's just the most awful thing, and we didn't want to have anything to do with it."

The name "Isis" has meant many things, including the goddess from the ancient polytheistic religion of Egypt. Recently, however, it's one that represents war and militants.

The group has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, the United States, the United Kingdom and many more.

In 2013 the group changed its name to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.