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{{Useful Notes}}
[[Image:Pridevision coarse language disclaimer.jpg|thumb|It's midnight. We can start ()$#@* swearing now.]]
In UK broadcast law, '''watershed''' is the time after which "adult" content, i.e. programs with a lot of intense violence, coarse language, 'naughty' bits, etc. can be shown. The same concept is named '''safe harbor''' in US FCC regulations. (It's like they're ''trying'' to make you need to get up and go to the bathroom – or perhaps the loo – with all this hydraulic terminology.)
Usually 9 PM in the UK, the US and Canada. Somewhere between 8.30 and 9.30 pm in Australia. In Japan, which has more liberal views on acceptable content to begin with, the "[[Otaku O'Clock|Otaku Hour]]" starts at "25 o'clock" (1 AM). In Germany that would be 10 p.m. for movies free for age 16+ and midnight for 18+
One interesting thing a character cannot do before UK
In the US, the FCC rules remove some of the content restrictions on broadcast TV and broadcast radio between 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. This allows "indecent" (R, and even NC-17 rated) programming to be shown uncensored on regular networks. They can play "offensive" material, such as George Carlin's "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television," but "obscene" material (which has a specific legal definition) is still prohibited. Examples of "obscene" material would be child pornography and certain forms of hard-core adult pornography. There are no restrictions on cable or satellite TV stations or satellite radio.
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