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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 [[Separated by a Common Language|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. Nominally 10PM in the US. 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 watershed is [[Dies Wide Open|die with their eyes open]] (although, for some reason, being ''already dead'' with your eyes open is fine). The UK has no watershed for radio, so a long list of words can't be said under any circumstances.