yeah, I knew the explanation was something like that..
here, they are all part of the FTA TV (free-to-air)
this, the shield, Californication, HBO like Sopranos, Sex and the City, Oz, Boardwalk empire, you get them on normal channels..
So the swearing, ultra violence, sex and nudity is there, provided it is 9.30PM+
(hilarious because I have seen midday lunchtime movies with full-frontal nudity and F-bombs)
the downside is,although the shows are free, you have to contend with erratic unreliable time-slots where shows begin at different times to the one the EPG eas saying earlier in the day, and you are bombarded with commercials about every 6 *beep* mins..
(Jesus christ)
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KingCobra686
8 years ago
*beep*
Random article on the internet, so keep that in mind, but I think it has some interesting info. I was trying to look up what the actual regulations are for what tv stations can show. FCC used to fine for violations, but it appears that they might be losing that ability.
In the past the general idea was that you couldnt have "bad" stuff on channels that any kid could come across while browsing channels on their own. Obviously the internet has changed that quite a bit. Any kid can pop onto a tablet or iphone or computer and watch the worst porn or violence that you could imagine, so its kind of pointless to make television over-restrictive.
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pfarnell
8 years ago
yes, it is...it is probably pointless to create rules whereby there are so many complaints of breaches that the censors are overwhelmed or desensitized to the really bad stuff...
the rules here have mostly been more liberal than the ones in USA over the decades, what the relative status quo is right now, I'm not sure...but I've got a feeling theswitchboard is more likely to get lit up by the professionally-offended, over an abstract racist or sexist remark, than by people running around with no clothes *beep* or offing each other..
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pfarnell
8 years ago
yes, it is...it is probably pointless to create rules whereby there are so many complaints of breaches that the censors are overwhelmed or desensitized to the really bad stuff...
the rules here have mostly been more liberal than the ones in USA over the decades, what the relative status quo is right now, I'm not sure...but I've got a feeling theswitchboard is more likely to get lit up by the professionally-offended, over an abstract racist or sexist remark, than by people running around with no clothes swearing, *beep*-ing , or offing each other..
some guy was arguing with a woman on a talk panel show couple of months back , and accused her of being 'hysterical" (which she was, understatement in fact she was a crazy-assed harpie)
Twitterverse etc went nuts over the diabolical connotations of the word 'hysterical'...there was an audible gasp and stunned silence in the studio audience...you are not allowed to use that word anymore, apparently.
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