From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
In article <10h8r33$nr4s$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 wrote:
>On 9/12/2025 8:34 am, 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.
>>
>>
>So, here in Australia, on a School Day evening an 'M' rated program can
>be shown after 7:30 but an MA15+ rated program can only be shown after
>8:30p.m.
>
>So 'M' as in 'Mature' can be show before 'MA15+' as in 'Mature Adult 15
>years and older'!! Really??
Yes.
>--
>Daniel70
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