Comments on: Bad news on Bad News Bears classification for TEN

By: HAHAHA

HAHAHA — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:15:08 +0000

LOL ure on a roll lately David

By: Sillygostly

Sillygostly — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:29:23 +0000

@Jason: Channel Ten must have censored 90210. Ten have censored many shows over the years in order to keep them in a family-friendly PG timeslot (e.g. Smallville, Charmed etc).

By: V

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:59:13 +0000

I remember watching this.
It started at 1830.
I remember laughing and saying, are they allowed to play a show with this much swearing in this time slot?
TBH, the only good part of the movie was BBT constant swearing

By: Evil

Evil — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:48:34 +0000

One one hand I have sympathy for Ten, there’s very little consistency between the ACMA guidelines and the OFLC guidelines, just look at Californication being given an MA15+ and uncut on DVD, but found to breach MA15+ and heavily censored on TV.

Look at all the very PG rated shows being given M ratings on DVD — Scrubs, 30 Rock….Murder She Wrote? Really? Do you think there would have been a string of complaints in the 1980s for it being “incorrectly” rated as PGR and not AO?

On the other hand, unless it’s editing an R18+ down to an MA15+ for broadcast (or in Foxtel’s case, just pretend its an MA15+ and not edit it), they should just leave the films intact.

With the “PG” timezone being earlier than it used to (7pm weeknights, 6pm on weekends is it?) and more and more PG rated material being deemed as M, the 8:30pm M timezone should also be relaxed, to 8pm at the very least, but maybe 7:30pm on weekends?

Look at how many parents have no problem sending their kids to the “low end M” movies, ie. X-Mens and Harry Potters and such.

By: Reubot

Reubot — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:46:32 +0000

Jason, I am pretty sure the OFLC rates DVDs as a whole item instead of a series of episodes.

By: Bereft Skerrick

Bereft Skerrick — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:49:53 +0000

It should have been rated R for rubbish, C for crap, and U for unneccessary remake.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:43:56 +0000

This is ridiculous – is anything ever going to be rated PG ever again? How many movies and show get slapped with an M for next to no reason, for the last decade program classifications have been erring on the side of wowsering to the point where the only things allowed before 8.30 are now reality shows and factuals – it’s a pathetic state of affairs.

The OFLC is even worse – Just as an example – right in front of me is the DVD of 5th Season 90210 which aired in it’s entirety at 7.30pm on a Sunday night with a PG rating – the OFLC has rated it M for Mature Themes, Drug Use, Drug References and Violence – that’s all true but all of that was fine for a PG rating 13 years ago – how the hell have we regressed since??

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:57:46 +0000

lol who cares!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:19:18 +0000

“The network has also reviewed its complaints-handling system”… so clearly the last other half-dozen reviews of the complaints handling system haven’t worked… come on ACMA, sure let them off if it’s a first offense, but repeat offenders surely justify some action.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:37:23 +0000

Remember Brian’s brilliant explanation of the complaints system from Frontline? Just ignore it till it goes away.

By: KFed

KFed — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:02:46 +0000

Why are the networks left so unaccountable by the ACMA? Regulation for TV in this country is severely lacking (although I am talking bigger picture – I do not advocate censorship, but especially in this case where a movie was passed off as kiddies viewing and clearly wasn’t then things should be tougher). The ’80s are over, the media families are all but gone, it’s time to lay down some ground rules and make sure they are followed.

By: slydoggie

slydoggie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:03:59 +0000

Crap movie and only 530,000 people watched it anyway…