From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-12-09 09:45:03 +0000, Daniel70 said:   
   > 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??   
      
   I think you're confusing the order of the ratings - in Australia,   
   rating "M" is lower than "M15+".   
      
   M = "not *recommended* for people under 15 years old",   
       but they can watch it under parental guidance.   
      
   MA15+ = "people under 15 *cannot* watch it" at all.   
      
      
      
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