From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10hbm5a$1fg68$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Daniel70   wrote:   
   >On 10/12/2025 7:35 am, Your Name wrote:   
   >> 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+".   
   >   
   >No, that is what I typed, above, 'M' before 'MA15+'.   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >Yeah!! RIGHT! "people under 15 *ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO* watch it" at all,   
   >maybe.   
      
   Quite apt.   
   >--   
   >Daniel70   
      
      
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