Talk:Watershed (broadcasting)

Name

This article fails to address why it's called "the watershed"...(Unsigned) ...-LOL that is why i came on the article too, but it has no mention of why it got its name??? wierd LOL Alec1990 16:39, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

To include this in the article you would need to cite sources, otherwise it is considered original research.

The meaning is quite simple: a watershed is a high ridge of land that creates a dividing point between different river systems. Therefore, its meaning as a "dividing line" can be extended to the dividing point between programming suitable for younger viewers and adult content, at whatever time that may be. When I have time I'll try to find a suitable source and include it (probably just a dictionary would do, actually). Cheers, DWaterson 12:54, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Just to emphasize: at least in the UK, "the watershed" refers to a particular point in the day (Ofcom says "The watershed is at 2100"), and not a period. The day is divided into "before the watershed" and "after the watershed". -- 82.36.30.34 00:38, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't specifically address TV, but the general meaning of "divider" is enough to make it usable also in this context: World Wide Words: Watershed 79.183.145.147 (talk) 16:20, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Rating systems

I've noticed that the Greek rating system is integrated into this article. I'm just wondering why no other rating system is clearly defined in this article (and why no mention of the US rating system is made). I think there needs to be some consistency, one way or the other.

-- trlkly 08:34, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

There's a separate article for television content rating systems. This one is for the periods of the day that determine what is allowed to be shown. -- 82.36.30.34 00:38, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

UK and Ireland

Is it just me, or are the UK and Ireland sections almost word-for-word identical? If they are, can they be merged as "UK and Ireland" or something? Marnanel 15:54, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Sources

Just thought I would let anyone know that was still working on this page or at all interested that the CBS article sourced is a dead link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.97.49 (talk) 21:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Continuity

There is a lack of continuity regarding the 24 hour and 12 hour clock under 'Finland'--58.179.164.51 (talk) 05:25, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

The Simpsons...

I think it should be noted that adult shows such as The Simpsons are edited to allow a younger audience. This however, it not performed on Sky One. Scenes edited are generally those including Sexual Innuendo.-- OsirisV (talk) 21:46, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

COMFER?

Why cite a source of something that has no wiki entry and people have no idea what the hell it is? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.5.185.254 (talk) 21:22, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

venezuela. presidential allocutions seem not affected by venezuelan safe harbor or watershed laws

Safe harbor

In broadcasting, particularly in the United States of America, the term safe harbor can refer to the hours during which broadcasters may transmit material deemed indecent for children. This "safe harbor", enforced by the Federal Communications Commission, extends—legally—from 10 PM to 6 AM.

Also, Federal Law gives broadcasters complete immunity for the content of an advertisement of a candidate for federal elective office, and in fact, while a broadcaster is free to refuse political advertising for a federal office (President of the United States, Representative or Senator), once they accept any advertisement for a particular election, they are required to accept any and all ads from any other person running for that same federal office, they cannot refuse the ad for any reason whatsoever. They must also offer the ad on the best terms (lowest price) of any other advertiser of the station running ads on the same schedule or frequency.

In turning Safe harbor into a proper disambiguation page, I cut this content. It may be suitable for merging into this article, if anyone is interested. The text came from this revision: <https://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Safe_harbor&oldid=494155623>. --MZMcBride (talk) 14:21, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Contracticts itself?

In Watersheds by country, it says that the UK watershed is 2100 (correct AFAIK), but the Watersheds by time says 2200. Does anyone know what's going on? Daleks Rule (talk) 22:38, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

12 hour clock used in the USA section

The 24 hour clock should be used throughout the article so it can be understood and clear. 10.00 is not clear unless you continually use the phrase 10.00pm. This is an encyclopedia and so clear terms should be used: 22.00 not 10.00. If you feel that some Americans won't understand then put the American time in brackets: 22.00 (10pm). As it stands using the 12 hour clock makes it look like it was written by a 10-year-old.--109.114.23.74 (talk) 15:06, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

As a 10-year-old, I am deeply offended. 2601:240:CC08:7780:486D:B919:3F1:3056 (talk) 04:48, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

German 'watershed'

I would personally question this section of the article. Watching RTL recently i came across a show called 'Küss oder cash (kiss or cash)', where by a bunch of lasses (mostly not wearing much) covort for the attentions of some beefcake. Although not specifically 'adult', it was clearly quite sexually charged with at least one of the contestants being an ex porn star with enourmous 'assets' and an extremely small swimsuit. This was at 16:30 in the afternoon. There is no way such a program would be screened in the UK at that time.141.6.11.15 (talk) 09:19, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

It's the problem with the ratings, it's the same for France. Full frontal nudity will not land a restriction by itself, nor drug usage or foul words, the full content has to be judged as "disturbing" to be -10, -12 will have significant violence, and -16 extreme violence or soft porn. So basically the 20:00 French watershed is equivalent to the 22:00 US one, and the 22:00 French one allows most cable only US content to be shown (HBO series like Oz for example). Aesma (talk) 20:47, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Possible copyright problem

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Streaming

Should this article be updated to take into account the pervasiveness of streaming? It's now possible to view shows that might have been only post-watershed in the past at any time of the day via streaming, with of course a number of streaming networks now creating original programming. Has this had any impact on watershed rules and regulations anywhere? Theoretically there is nothing stopping someone from viewing a sexually explicit series like Sense8 or Masters of Sex - or even network shows airing post-watershed like Scandal - at 4:30 in the afternoon while the kids are having supper. 68.146.52.234 (talk) 16:59, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

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History of watersheds

I came to the page hoping to find when a watershed was introduced here. The UK section contains "Until 1 October 2011, the watershed ended at", but the regulation must have been instigated at some point in time, I suggest. And before that, there must have been debate about how to deal with the issues that the watershed mechanism was adopted as the eventual solution for, I also suggest. Whether a watershed is a generally accepted time by broadcasters, or a time laid down by law or by regulators might also be of interest. Nick Barnett (talk) 12:39, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Inconsistent abbreviations of times of day

The first paragraph of this article abbreviates "post meridiem" as "p.m." but switches to "PM" throughout the rest of the article.

Leuchar55 (talk) 02:26, 20 July 2024 (UTC)