From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10h7g9e$e7ng$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Your Name   wrote:   
   >On 2025-12-08 11:24:32 +0000, Daniel70 said:   
   >   
   >> On 8/12/2025 12:05 am, Blueshirt wrote:   
   >>> Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>> On 7/12/2025 12:00 am, Blueshirt wrote:   
   >>>>> Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Sorry!! "the moron in charge" didn't want kids   
   >>>>>> watching Torchwood!! Really??   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> "Torchwood" was aimed at adults/teenagers and broadcast   
   >>>>> at/after 9pm, which is considered the 'watershed' for UK   
   >>>>> television... i.e. programmes unsuitable for kids have to   
   >>>>> be shown after 9pm.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Can't recall when Torchwood was broadcast here but I'm   
   >>>> guessing it was 7:30p.m. Sunday Evening.   
   >>>   
   >>> If Torchwood was on that early, it was possibly broadcast   
   >>> with edits. (Like Doctor Who was during the classic era of   
   >>> the show.)   
   >>>   
   >>> Or maybe Australia has different rules for television programmes   
   >>> that contain some adult content like swearing... or whatever.   
   >>>   
   >>> ? ?   
   >>>   
   >> Rules!! We don't need no stinking Rules!!   
   >   
   >In New Zealand ...   
   >   
   >    M (Mature Audiences) content can only be played during the   
   >    day on weekdays when children are at school, and after   
   >    7.30pm. M content cannot be shown during the day on   
   >    weekends, or school or public holidays. We refer to 8.30pm   
   >    as the 'watershed', after which programmes rated 16 can be   
   >    screened.   
   >   
   >   
   >It's similar in Australia ...   
   >   
   >    On Australian television, programmes are restricted to   
   >    certain times based on their rating. As of December 2015,   
   >    PG-rated programmes can be now shown at any time of day,   
   >    M-rated programmes can be shown from 19:30, and MA15+   
   >    programmes from 20:30. As well as this, M-rated programmes   
   >    can also be shown from 12:00 to 15:00 on school days. With   
   >    the exception of subscription narrowcast channels,   
   >    anything rated R18+ must not be shown on Australian   
   >    television at any time, and must be edited to fit within   
   >    MA15+ or AV15+ guidelines.   
   >   
   >   
      
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